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Women rarely received credit for their creative work in Colonial America. But with a new album, one scholar is reviving the works of the women who lived and composed at the Ephrata Cloister.

Franciscan nuns in Wisconsin transferred their land to the Lac du Flambeau tribe, believed to be the first such "land return" by a Catholic group in the U.S.

When Solitaire Miles was 18, she had a stroke. When she got to the hospital, doctors and nurses accused her of being on drugs. Then, her unsung hero arrived and ensured she got the care she needed.

A major transition is now underway in the Town of Normal, with retiring City Manager Mark Peterson turning the keys over to his top deputy and now…

Jackson, Miss., is a city with two identities. There's the part which is more than 80% Black, led by a mayor who wants to make it "the most radical city on the planet." Then there's the state capital.

The police killing of George Floyd last May didn't just prompt protests around the world — it opened the eyes of many who had never before embraced racial justice. But will it lead to change?

A group of Black residents in Portland, Ore., is suing the city and a hospital for displacing them more than 50 years ago. They say an urban renewal plan amounted to confiscation of their homes.