August 28 is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. I often re-read the speech. Not just for the message — which remains saddeningly relevant some 60 years ...

Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with Mercy Street's historical consultants to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Audrey P. Davis is Director of the Alexandria Black History Museum in ...

My city is home to many languages. It houses several mother tongues. With the largest number of foreign-born residents of any city in the world, London’s streets are filled with a fusion of languages, ...

Motherhood in the U.S. is revered. Actual mothers? Not so much. So where's a bedraggled mom to turn when she feels overworked, overwhelmed, and underappreciated? Turns out, momfluencers are stepping ...

Editor's note: This week's edition of "Hey Wait Just One Second" is written by a guest columnist. In 1937, under the leadership of dictator Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican Republic carried out a mass ...

Vice President Kamala Harris ruffled some feathers when she appeared to adopt a different tone or accent with a crowd than she had previously during her recent campaign trip to Detroit to talk about ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “You’re acting white.” This harmful statement is commonly directed toward people of color (POC) who hear it from their colleagues, ...

Hilaria Baldwin learned a lot from her fake accent controversy — including terms such as code switching. During the Sunday, March 16, episode of TLC’s The Baldwins, Hilaria, 41, had a candid ...

Award-winning journalist Lori Lizarraga is a co-host of NPR's Code Switch, the preeminent podcast about race and identity in America. Before joining NPR, she reported across the country in Texas, ...