In honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we asked Los Angeles Times readers to ...

Before America had suburbs, there was Levittown. Before America landed on the moon, engineers in Bethpage figured out how.

As a Black man born and raised in segregated Alabama in the 1940s, Lonnie Johnson faced an uphill battle to achieve success.

Carolyn Hoskins, founder and curator of the Domini Hoskins Black History Museum and Learning Center, poses with part of the museum’s collection as a backdrop. Courtesy Devin Roberts Photography/RCIA.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston's International African American Museum will furlough all staff, including leadership, due to financial pressure, according to a statement from museum officials.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The International African American Museum has shared that, starting in July, all of its staff will be furloughed amid growing financial pressure. A statement from the museum ...

A few days ago, I put one of my college-age children on a plane to Berlin, on the way to a month-long theater intensive. It was a wistful and exciting moment, a rite of passage for many privileged ...

According to Americans, it is bad out there. Real bad. This month, the University of Michigan’s index of consumer sentiment dropped to its lowest point since 1952, when the survey started. A poll of ...

In last week’s Collecting Jewish History column, I discussed Ruth Handler and her invention of Barbie, arguably the “Grandmother (or, should I say, Bubby?) of all Jewish Toys.” This week I continue ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Gebisa Ejeta, world-renowned plant geneticist and Purdue University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Agronomy, was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame Class of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are more than 20 million Asian Americans in the U.S, and many have shaped the world as we know it for centuries. But it ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Americans, by all appearances, ...