The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states, from Topeka, Kansas to Memphis, Tennessee and from ...

This article explores how shared suffering from disasters, poverty, and war can serve as a sacred meeting point for different ...

If you feel a cough coming on in the next few weeks or months, you won’t be alone. Respiratory illness activity typically begins to ramp up in the fall and winter. And that tickle in your throat — or ...

SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — For more than a decade, drivers on I-70 and 79 passed the shuttered, dilapidated mall. Today, they can see it coming down. We got a close look at the demolition progress ...

A Sarasota County School Board meeting debated whether to protect "all" students from bullying or to specify certain protected groups. The author argues that protecting "all" students aligns with the ...

Stunned social media users are comparing their uncanny recurring dreams of a so-called “mall world,” despite having never actually met in real life. Those who have experienced the metaphysical ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for ...

Doing justice onstage to the legacies of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X is a high bar; higher still are the present stakes for making the most of the opportunity. At Ford’s Theatre, ...

Stephen Conrad Moore is Bayard Rustin, Renea S. Brown is Coretta Scott King, Aaron Bliden is Stanley Levinson, Ro Boddie is Martin Luther King Jr., and Yao Dogbe is Clarence B. Jones in "The American ...

Bars and businesses offering discounted drinks and free admission to furloughed federal employees is a tradition in D.C. Here are some specials that caught our eye, whether you’re looking to soak up ...

I’ve never been more alarmed about the state of our democracy. The U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism faster than ever, while corporate media turns a blind eye. That’s why Common Dreams exists—to ...

The Washington Post editorial board criticized former Vice President Kamala Harris' new book and her return to the spotlight on Sunday, arguing that it was good it happened this week because the ...