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Titanic Wreckage Now Protected Under U.S.-U.K. Deal That Was Nearly Sunk
On Tuesday, British Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani lauded a 2003 treaty that sat unratified for years but, after approval by the U.S., has recently been dredged from its would-be grave. -
U.S. Navy To Name Aircraft Carrier After WWII Hero Doris Miller
Miller was a mess attendant on the West Virginia when he jumped in to man a machine gun during the Pearl Harbor attack. He is the first African American to have an aircraft carrier named after him. -
Give Us The Ballot: Where Does MLK's Voting Rights Legacy Stand in 2020?
Fifty-five years ago Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead the campaign for Black Americans’ voting rights. -
For These Women, The Equal Rights Amendment Has Been A Decades-Long Battle
Women who fought for and against the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago — sometimes as teenagers — are watching the votes in Virginia. -
King Boston Project Looking To Break Ground During National NAACP Convention In July
A non-profit group told WGBH News on Thursday that it intends to break ground on a monument to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., on the… -
Book Club: Yale Needs Women
Few thought it would ever happen but in 1969 the prestigious all male Yale University went coed. Author Anne Gardiner Perkins' new book, "Yale Needs Women, tells the stories of the first women on the Yale campus who faced extraordinary pressure to succeed. -
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JFK Letter Promising Santa Safe During Cold War On Display
“Please stop the Russians from bombing the North Pole,” an 8-year-old girl wrote at the time. "Because they will kill Santa Claus.” -
Deep Black Roots On A Small Grey Island
The history of Nantucket’s centuries-old black community is highlighted in a 200-year-old meeting house. -
President Clinton Was Impeached 21 Years Ago. Some Parallels Run Deep
From the politics to the presidents' counternarratives, there are a number of similarities between the events of December 1998 and the proceedings underway now against President Trump.
