Zaila Avant-garde wins Scripps National Spelling Bee
Zaila Avant-garde knew she would be the first African American winner of the bee and that Black kids around the…
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A brief cultural history of UFOs, from secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors
The history of UFOs weaves together public fascination, government secrecy and cultural phenomena. Recent news and shifts in the government's…
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An environmental health advocate's Brief But Spectacular take on America's dirty secret
Environmental health advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ), where…
Britney Spears' court-appointed attorney resigns
Britney Spears' court-appointed attorney on Tuesday filed documents to resign from her conservatorship, the latest of several such moves that…
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Bernd Heinrich on his 'unusual' life as a runner and biologist in Maine
A new book out Tuesday, "Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime," explores a life of scientific research and discovery…
Nikole Hannah-Jones chooses Howard over UNC-Chapel Hill
Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at…
'Superman,' 'Lethal Weapon' director Richard Donner dies
The filmmaker who turned Christopher Reeve into "Superman" and Mel Gibson and Danny Glover into cop buddies in "Lethal Weapon"…
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Artists reimagine monuments through augmented reality
In a time of much reckoning over American history, there are questions raised anew about what a monument is and…
Why a first-of-its-kind count of nonbinary adults is crucial to our understanding of LGBTQ communities
There are about 1.2 million LGBTQ people in the U.S. who are nonbinary, according to a first-of-its-kind study released last…
Rashad draws critics and dismissal calls for defending Cosby
Phylicia Rashad has found herself embroiled in controversy after expressing public support for Bill Cosby's release from prison, with some…
