The plan was simple: be left alone with a remote African tribe for one day. Instead, it became the most isolating experience ...

History is full of people who decided not to wait for someone else to fix a problem and instead took matters into their own ...

In ancient Rome, it was medicinal; swallowed for coughs or spread on aching joints. In India, Hindus have been offering Lord ...

Created by Dr. Mulana Kerenga in the 1960s to celebrate traditional African and African-American cultural values and ...

The winter holidays and especially Christmas have different meanings to tribes and Native individuals across Indian Country ...

UNITED NATIONS — Sudan's prime minister on Monday proposed a wide-ranging peace initiative to end a nearly 1,000-day war with ...

After years of fatalities and bizarre incidents, the Georgia reservoir has spawned countless ghost stories. Are they merely legend or the after-effects of a history steeped in racial trauma?

Practice mindfulness: Deep breathing, meditation, yoga, positive affirmations and activities that speak to your passions (art, gardening, listening to music) can help calm your nervous system and ...

Photographs help us look back on the moments that defined the year. Taken by NPR photojournalists nationwide, this collection goes beyond the headlines to reveal quietly powerful human stories.

Truly, our journey through Damaraland, Hoanib Skeleton Coast and Serra Cafema revealed a Namibia where wilderness isn’t ...

Stephen Cardinal Ameyu Martin Mulla of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba in South Sudan has called upon the people of God in ...

As to her latest stupidity – blaming the slave trade on Jews – one can easily enough dismiss this nonsense. But of course she ...