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Indigenous people’s languages were largely lost as a result of forced assimilation efforts in the U.S. Here’s why one tribal leader says the languages should be brought back.

There are 574 federally recognized tribes in the United States. Here is the breakdown of some of the biggest groups.

A multigenerational fight for reparations is underway from Palm Springs to Gold Rush country

City officials agreed to pay $150,000 to Jacqueline Craig after she and her daughter were arrested in 2016.

More control may mean that some materials won’t be as readily accessible to the public as they once were. But it also means that the descendants of the people on tape will decide what materials should be in the public realm.

Forty years on from the launch of Banned Books Week, censorship is once again on the rise. John Self considers the long and ignoble global history of book-banning.

Four Black students allege that Denver Public Schools unlawfully tried to trademark the name of their Know Justice, Know Peace podcast.

Philip Yancey grew up a “born and bred” racist before becoming a best-selling Christian author. He explains how his views changed, and what it would take for White evangelicals to abandon Donald Trump.

A new study shows that America's Christian majority has been shrinking for years, and if recent trends continue, Christians could make up less than half the U.S. population within a few decades.

A new report finds that the number of people choosing to disaffiliate from Christianity is increasing – and could overtake the nation's Christian majority.

The Slave Dwelling Project in South Carolina highlights the violent resistance of freedom-seeking enslaved Blacks.

The American Indian Studies Program exists to assist with curricular requirements on American Indian history

In a famous example of ‘literary inquisition’ in Chinese history, more than 1,000 people were punished for the publication of one book, including the author’s family, printers and buyers.

Scholars and historians say the harmful teachings of White Christian nationalism – which help spark the January 6 attack on the US Capitol – have been adopted by many Americans without them knowing it.

There can be no such thing as “Christian nationalism,” because the God such persons claim to represent is discussed in the Bible as the architect and creator of every nation, writes the Rev. Marvin A. McMickle, pastor emeritus of Cleveland's Antioch Baptist Church, in a guest column today.

A letter about racism by James Whitfield, the first Black principal at a mostly white Texas high school, led to him being placed on leave.

Teacher diversification is an extremely important subject in America today. Schools are mostly filled with Black and Brown students, while the teacher workforce has been predominantly white, female for decades. Studies show that ALL students, especially students of color, have more favorable learning experiences, when they engage with effective teachers of color. Diversifying the teacher pipeline has not been an easy task, as most view the concept as taboo. In order to change the outcomes for our most disadvantaged students, it is imperative that we provide and sustain a more diverse teacher workforce. Student achievement and societal contributions heavily rely on our ability to present America’s students a cultural mosaic of teachers that mirror them. The solutions are accessible, we must commit to doing the work!

White America has always had an interest in the education of Black folks, but never for the purposes of our freedom.

Conservatives are promoting the new K-12 plan as the antidote to “Woke social studies standards.”…

Three recent SCOTUS rulings have been celebrated by an extreme far right wing pushing conservative Christian values. Some see the decisions as evidence this ideology has found legitimacy on the bench.

In “Horizons,” a historian of science highlights the crucial achievements of non-Western scientists and thinkers.

Ardoin v. Robinson could foreshadow a new age of widespread racial gerrymandering.

The school board hopefuls were described in a ProPublica story detailing how Cecelia Lewis was attacked in both Cherokee County and neighboring Cobb County by white parents making baseless claims.

What the hell does that even mean?

The U.S. must be honest that fears about the “great replacement” are not fringe among many conservatives today

In 431 BCE the Athenian statesman Pericles delivered one of the most influential speeches of all time, his Epitaphios or Funeral Oration.