Will Leo follow in the steps of his predecessor Pope Francis and be a progressive? Or will he be a conservative, as many ...

This is an opinion column. They didn’t have a choice. My ancestors and most of their kindred didn’t have the option of choosing to identify as Black. Or to pass. Of course, some did. Some opted out.

Pope Leo XIV leaves the Augustinian General House in Rome after a visit, Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Fight!” The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope: “Peace.” The contrast between President ...

We never imagined that the death of a pope and the election of his successor would generate so much design controversy. First ...

The motto of one newly elected American world leader: " Fight! " The other introduced himself to the world with his first ...

After his father died, Mark Charles Roudané, a retired Minnesota schoolteacher, began going through his dad’s papers. There were scores of binders, the records of a life as a prosperous, white, ...

Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.