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In 1853, Ephraim Catching filed a donation land claim along the Coquille River in Coos County, Ore. Soon 52 people lived in the village that sprouted…

Following controversial speeches on memorials intended to advance racial justice, House Democrats say they’re more committed to equity work than ever.

In the First World War, Americans eagerly volunteered to support the troops who had been sent abroad. People gathered scrap metal for war material,…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a $222.2 billion state budget proposal Friday, including a projected $5.6 billion surplus.Earlier in the week,…

COVID-19 has disrupted our lives for a year now. But we won't get past the pandemic until we achieve herd immunity to the disease. How do we get there?

R. Eric Thomas, writer and host of The Moth Radio Hour, talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his memoir in essays: "Here for It."

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture, about the significance of putting Tubman on U.S. currency.

During Prohibition in 1925, a group of Curry County Circuit Court jurors decided to corroborate the evidence during the trial of Mormon Brown, a…

Marielle Tsukamoto was five years old when her family was sent from Sacramento to an incarceration center in Arkansas during World War II.She and her…

NPR's Ron Elving explains the history of the pardon, where it comes from and what the Constitution allows.