When Anthony Jack first set foot on Amherst College as a freshman in 2003, he asked himself: “Where are the poor black folks?” He eventually found friends that were also low-income, first-generation...

At the end of 1961, artist Benoît Gilsoul and his family packed up their belongings and moved from Belgium to Queens. Although he spoke little English, he began to design for Willet Stained Glass Studios...

Muslim activist and Somali-American supermodel Halima Aden recounted the story of how she went from living in a Kenyan refugee camp to walking international runways to becoming the first-ever fashion model...

In the middle of Holy Week, two days before Passover and two weeks until Ramadan, faith leaders from three monotheistic religions came together to discuss a question at the center of their faiths: “What...

During a Monday night vigil honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, civil rights activist Benjamin Chavis Jr. fondly recalled King offering to help him put up fliers, despite his high-profile status. “When...