A total of five entries from Michigan’s District 6 finished in the top 10 at the National History Day contest this summer. The 2021 contest was held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

After 2020 brought the most devastating global pandemic in a century and a national reckoning with systemic racism, 2021 ushered in a number of welcome developments, including Covid vaccines, the ...

The end of the year is a time to reflect, to look back. If you want to look way back, Books We Love - NPR's list of the best reads from 2021 - has hundreds of recommendations, including books about ...

After the tumult and triumphs of 2020, here are the achievements that shaped the first year following the country’s racial reckoning. Erin Schaff/The New York Times (Kamala Harris); Scott McIntyre for ...

The year’s most exciting discoveries include a Viking “piggy bank,” a lost Native American settlement and a secret passageway hidden behind a bookshelf Cool Finds Meilan Solly - Senior Associate ...

“Police and Slave Patrols: A History of State-Sponsored White-On-Black Violence.” In The Ethics of Policing: New Perspectives on Law Enforcement, edited by Benjamin Jones and Eduardo Mendieta (New ...

Here along Florida’s Treasure Coast, public interest tends to focus on the riches scattered on the ocean floor with the remains of Spain’s 1715 fleet. That’s understandable. It’s exciting to imagine ...