May 4th is considered a commemorative ‘Star Wars’ Day, so today we look at the new museum filmmaker George Lucas and his wife ...

May 4th is considered a commemorative ‘Star Wars’ Day, so today we look at the new museum filmmaker George Lucas and his wife ...

The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of child welfare programs, with plans to terminate dozens of ...

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian ...

Owners of historical objects loaned to the NMAAHC, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution, said their items are being ...

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is returning for its 10th year in New York, an event one collector described as “a ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The first African American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman died at the age of 77 on Friday. As a Mobile native, family and friends in the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Smithsonian is pushing back against allegations that some artifacts are being removed from the National Museum of African ...

Senior Editor Designed to replicate the three-tiered crowns found in Yoruban art from West Africa, with bronze-colored latticework accents that honor the ironwork of enslaved African Americans ...

Today, the American Nurses Enterprise ? encompassing the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the American Nurses Foundation (ANF) ? kicks off ...