Pope Leo XIV spoke of the beatification this week of Mother Elisva Vakha’i, a 19th-century Indian religious and founder of the Third Order of the Teresian Discalced Carmelites, highlighting her ...

HOUSTON — The Houston City Council voted Wednesday to approve the purchase of an east Houston property that will serve as a large shelter for the homeless, which some have referred to as a “super hub.

Houston will soon have beds for up to 320 members of the area’s unhoused population at a newly purchased resource center that city leaders hope will open at the beginning of 2026. The City Council on ...

What happens when one of horror's favorite characters meets music's biggest pop star? Find out with Carey: The Emancipation of Mimi. Carey White moves things with her mind. Mariah Carey moves people ...

Egon Schiele, Sawmill (1913). Courtesy of the Kallir Research Institute, New York The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) recently announced a major gift of more than 130 works of Austrian ...

Houston's historic Emancipation Park will undergo a major expansion project over the next eight months, renovating the park's cultural center and creating a new outdoor performance stage. The ...

On Maryland Emancipation Day, Anne Arundel County will become the first local jurisdiction to formally apologize for its role in perpetuating slavery. On November 1, 1864, Maryland abolished slavery, ...

Emancipation Park, one of Houston's oldest and most historic public spaces, is preparing for a major transformation. Emancipation Park Conservancy (EPC) on Monday announced plans to transform the park ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. LACMA will receive more than 100 Austrian Expressionist artwork from the Otto Kallir family, including the ...

George Morrison (Grand Portage Chippewa), "The Red Sky" (1955), oil on canvas; Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth (© George Morrison Estate, unless otherwise noted) The landmark ...

In this magisterial account, journalist French (Born in Blackness) revisits the history of the Pan-Africanist movement through the life of Ghanaian prime minister Kwame Nkrumah, who in 1957 became the ...

Cal Johnson, born into slavery, became Knoxville's first Black millionaire after emancipation. Tennessee celebrates Emancipation Day on August 8, marking the day many enslaved Tennesseans learned of ...