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Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 4 weeks agoFor the formerly enslaved Black people in Texas, Juneteenth meant more than freedom. It meant...
Norman Lear Art Collection Auction: David Hockney Painting Bought in 1978 for $64,000 Expected to...
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoNorman Lear not only knew about television, but the late TV icon was also an influential art...
We owe it to our moms: See who our Women of the Year look to for inspiration
USA TODAY via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoOur USA TODAY Women of the Year honorees say they owe a lot to their moms. Almost all of them named...
Houston-area Democrats line up in competitive primary to succeed John Whitmire in the Senate
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoThe Texas Senate gallery. Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune The last time Senate District...
Former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Black Democratic trailblazer, dies at 89
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoJohnson, the first Black woman elected to any seat in Dallas and the first Black Dallasite to serve...
Remembering Norman Lear, TV Titan and Icon of American Progressivism
Time via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoNorman Lear at home in Los Angeles, Feb. 27, 1984. Credit - Bob Riha Jr—Getty Images Norman Lear...
Norman Lear Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoHere’s a look at the life of award-winning television producer Norman Lear, the creator of some of television’s most popular shows of his time, including...
Why Sandra Day O’Connor’s Appointment to the Supreme Court Won Bipartisan Praise
Time via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoSandra Day O’Connor, the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who died Friday at the age of 93, secured...
Opinion: Three days in 1963 that are still changing America
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoSixty years after his assassination on November 22, 1963, Americans should reflect on John F....
Black History Month: Billy Porter, Karamo Brown, Mel B and more on the Black icons who changed their...
Attitude via Yahoo News· 9 months agoExclusive: "Her excellence was not compromised by the intersection of her identities - thats what...