Featuring a new foreword by the late Nikki Giovanni and interviews with Marc Lamont Hill and rapper Noname, Prose to the ...

Bailey was born in Newport News, Va. in 1917. In the 1930s, she moved to North Philadelphia’s 1946 N. 23rd Street — a blue ...

It was through books that Vivian Donaldson Hewitt discovered a passion, a profession and a purpose that seemed to have no ...

Moya O’Sullivan looked in her cabinets, and saw a problem: her cream cheese, toothpaste, mouthwash, whiskey and soft drinks were all American. They had to go. “I’m not buying Philadelphia ...

What it tells us about the past: Two millennia ago, a group of people who were highly skilled in metallurgy flourished along the northern Pacific Coast of South America. Although they left no ...

Welcome to week in Iowa. While one half of the state was pummeled by blizzards, the other side saw hail and thunderstorms. A true Iowa spring. Aside from the unpredictable weather, lawmakers at ...

For the mayor of London, it’s clear that the rush of Americans applying for British citizenship is connected to the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Sadiq Khan has told CNN in an ...

Look, American culture is many things, but subtle isn't really one of them. As for real-life examples, on TikTok, people are sharing their honest, apt, and very spot-on answers to this one crucial ...

The United States slipped to its lowest ranking ever in the World Happiness Report, in part because more Americans are eating alone. Once again, the Finns came out on top. By Sopan Deb Reporting ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

There are competing priorities in the reconciliation bill before Congress. Some want to make the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent. Others want to reduce our $36 trillion national debt and ...