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New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding.

Longtime Akron politician Tom Sawyer has died after a long illness. His 40 year political career included serving in elected office at the local, state and federal level.

Other cities across the United States have apologized for the destruction of Black neighborhoods for highway construction and other so-called urban renewal projects. Cincinnati will be next.

Some applauded the president's speech at the historic black university as a break from "respectability politics" that demean African-Americans. Other saw it as more of the same.

It's entirely possible – even likely – that many people, including the subset of humanity known as "political pundits," can take polling done six months...

New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi says ISIS' recruiting efforts focus on both the "mentally unwell" and those who have been "radicalized since birth."

After a week of turmoil for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, Steve Inskeep discusses the fallout with columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts and Republican analyst John Feehery.

Never known as a big-venue speaker, Hillary Clinton will face a make-or-break moment Thursday night with multiple pitfalls, varying objectives and a variety of critical audiences.

The National Blues Museum focuses on how the blues influenced music and culture across the country and world.

During the Civil War, a Confederate deserter led a band of poor farmers and escaped slaves to defy the Confederacy in Mississippi. Writer and director Gary Ross talks about Free State of Jones.