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Susan Stamberg, one of NPR's "founding mothers," pays a visit to a painting of another famous mother at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: James Abbott McNeill Whistler's 1871 oil on canvas.

Oregon remains one of the whitest states in the union, a legacy of the state's exclusion of all people of color upon entering the Union. But…

Untrained eyes will only see a wooded hillside. But the people of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology--SOULA--travel with trained…

The first national Women's History Week occurred in 1980. Seven years later, Congress passed a law designating March as Women's History Month.

Every year, the Librarian of Congress announces 25 sound recordings to be preserved for posterity. Picks for 2023 include music by Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee, John Lennon, Mariah Carey and more.

The majority of U.S. politicians are white men. This cycle, some states are poised to make history by electing female, LGBTQ, or Black governors for the first time.

Lumps of beeswax were offered by Native Americans in trade with white explorers along the Oregon Coast centuries ago. The explorers wondered where the…

For decades, Irish nuns ran homes for unwed mothers. Beneath one of them, a ghastly discovery: 796 babies buried in a septic tank. Forensics experts are now unearthing Ireland's past.

The administration is seeking sensitive information as part of its effort to root out suspected voter fraud.

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.