History

A Statue Of Ida B. Wells Is Unveiled At Washington, D.C., Middle School

6:11am September 17, 2021

In the late 19th and early 20th century, African American journalist Ida B. Wells covered stories that weren't being told elsewhere. She was also a women's rights leader.

Sir Walter Raleigh, an English adventurer, writer and explorer of the Americas, founded a colony in North Carolina in 1587 that later disappeared. Archaeologists hope to uncover new clues about what happened.

Science

Sir Walter Raleigh's Colony Vanished Over 400 Years Ago. Scientists Are Still Looking

6:00am September 16, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Archaeologists hope a new search will unearth clues about what happened to 117 men, women and children who vanished from a North Carolina settlement.

One Of Mexico's Iconic Dishes Turns 200 Years Old

4:55pm September 15, 2021

Chiles en nogada is a special dish in Mexico eaten around the month of September to celebrate Independence Day. This summer marked 200 years since its creation.

Cover of In the Country of Others and author Leila Slimani.

Walking Through "The Country Of Others"

1:07pm September 15, 2021

by Leah Donnella

In her new novel, In the Country of Others, Leila Slimani explores what it means to be an outsider. Her characters fight to establish their own identities while their country, Morocco, does the same.

The late U.S. Army Gen. Richard E. Cavazos was the first Hispanic American promoted to the rank of four-star general.

Fort Hood Should Be Renamed After The 1st Hispanic 4-Star General, Lawmakers Say

11:41am September 15, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

The federal government is continuing to decide how it will rename bases across the U.S. named after Confederate service members, a mandate included in the defense bill approved by Congress in January.

The cover of Bethany C. Morrow's new book, So Many Beginnings.

Books

Little Women Remixed, But Not Reimagined

2:35pm September 12, 2021

by Karen Grigsby Bates

When Bethany Morrow was asked to write a new take on the beloved classic, she agreed on one condition: The new March family would look nothing like the old.

Members of the Berlin city fire department attend a ceremony Saturday near the Breitscheidplatz memorial to commemorate fellow firefighters and other victims killed in the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City.

On The 20th Anniversary, U.S. Allies Honor The Lives Lost On 9/11

12:47pm September 11, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

World leaders are expressing their sympathies for the victims of the 9/11 attacks. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the terrorists had failed to "shake our belief in freedom and democracy."

Left: Upper West Side; Right: Harlem. Summer 2002

National

The Summer After 9/11, A Photographer Documents A City's Healing

8:00am September 11, 2021

Photographer Lucas Foglia was 19 during the summer of 2002 when he made portraits NYC residents.

Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in the 2014 TV show 24: Live Another Day.

Arts

From TV News Tickers to Homeland: The Ways TV Was Affected By 9/11

5:49pm September 10, 2021

by Eric Deggans

There is a long list of ways America was transformed by the terrorist attacks. But the question of how TV itself was changed — particularly in ways still relevant today — is more complicated.

National

The Lasting Toll Of 9/11

4:27pm September 10, 2021

As the nation prepares to mark 20 years since 9/11, StoryCorps and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum present voices of people whose lives were forever changed by that day.