In How the Word is Passed, Clint Smith visits eight places central to the history of slavery in America, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation and Louisiana's Angola prison.

South Carolina–based journalist Issac Bailey joins us to reflect on a wide range of complex, divisive topics—from police brutality and Confederate symbols to respectability politics and white discomfort—which have taken on a fresh urgency with the protest movement sparked by George Floyd’s killing.

“Taps Across America” invites musicians of all ages and abilities to sound Taps at 3 p.m. on Monday, Memorial Day.

Conor Friedersdorf and Issac Bailey are on opposite ends of the political spectrum. They clash on Twitter. We brought them together to talk.

The painting, long the subject of an ownership dispute, will be given to the University of Oklahoma with plans for title to be transferred later, likely to a French institution.

The Virginia Theological Seminary is giving cash to descendants of Black Americans who were forced to work there. The program is among the first of its kind.

After prestigious law reviews adopted diversity policies for choosing student editors, researchers found, the articles they published were cited more often.

Expect opaque and unmeasurable admissions criteria to replace objective and rigorous standardized testing.

I, with a degree in psychology, was clueless about my options and preparedness to make a living.

Campus police forces developed as part of an effort to wall off universities from Black neighborhoods.

Wilberforce University told students at Saturday's commencement ceremony that the Ohio-based HBCU was forgiving more than $375,000 worth of student debt.

Why it’s time to rethink the value of college.

Top donor Walter Hussman Jr. emailed concerns about Nikole Hannah-Jones to UNC leaders, but said he didn’t try to influence her hire or tenure appointment.

Look beyond flagships, and you’ll see that privatization has had devastating consequences for racial and social equity.

An investigation finds racism and sexism at Virginia Military Institute are “present, tolerated and left unaddressed.” The administration, authors conclude, will not change unless forced.