In the first chapter of his 1874 novel The Gilded Age, Mark Twain offered a telling observation about the connection between past and present: “History never repeats itself, but the… present often ...

This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the extraordinary American women of our past and the titans of our present who have strengthened our families, enriched our culture, defended our values, ...

Black art has always told a story, even when the world wasn’t ready to listen. From a prominent University of Alabama art collector to a Jim Crow–era artist whose work vanished without a trace to ...

All that’s left of T. J. Semmes Elementary School is the scattered slabs of the building’s brick foundation. The otherwise empty lot on the corner of Jourdan Avenue and North Rampart Street, in the ...

Braids have been a part of African culture since the beginning — carrying meaning far beyond style. For Black History Month, we're taking a closer look at how one Milwaukee stylist is keeping that ...

Editor’s Note: This profile is part of New Times’ People to Watch issue, spotlighting figures we expect to make a big impact in Miami in 2026. Miami is a city known more for its surface-level trendy ...

While everyone else is prognosticating about the likely winners of the Academy Awards, we at The Envelope like to take a moment to use the past to help predict the future. Comparing this year’s best ...

The world-premiere of “Plantation Black,” a bold new play that collides past and present to ask urgent questions about inheritance, power and justice, opens at the Proscenium Theatre at The Drake.

The objects were delicately retrieved from the ground like pieces of the puzzles of history. Broken shards of ceramic plates used long ago by students, chunks of roofing tile from a mansion that once ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. President Trump seems determined to transform America into a straight white Christian nation. He filters our ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An expert saddlemaker working in a Colorado prison. A geographer running a small farm. A musician with brittle bones and an activist’s arrest record. For ...

The park service has long tried to present a wide range of perspectives on historical events. The Trump administration could reverse that. National Park Service leaders and rangers over the past ...