Peter Bentzon (ca. 1783–after 1850) was not only a free man; he was also a silversmith and jeweler who worked in Philadelphia and on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Bentzon’s work is recognized ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi introduced legislation last week that would create a planning commission to examine the possibility of ...

He introduced legislation that would evaluate the feasibility of the museum as part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Congressman Tom Suozzi introduced the bipartisan National Museum of Italian American History Commission Act that would create a planning commission ...

On May 8, 1971, a freelance photojournalist was flying over central Vietnam when he looked down and saw something unexpected: ...

From picking up trash to serving meals at a soup kitchen, volunteering is often associated with acts of kindness that require ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with his cousin and best friend Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the ...

City Lore and Naming the Lost Memorials (NTLM) invites the general public to a panel discussion and community conversation to ...

Photographer Chris Aluka Berry has made it his mission to give voice to the broad spectrum of Affrilachians who have inhabited the region over the centuries. His new book “Affrilachia: Testimonies” ...

Some of the workers who were put on leave are struggling to understand how a training they took with the encouragement of the ...