“Finding this out, I was very proud,” said Jason Roomes, a descendant of three formerly enslaved men from Rhode Island, Cato, ...

Black, professor in the Department of History and director of the Humanities Center at CMU’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in history, joined ...

Evidence from Jerash shows the Justinian plague reshaped communities, exposing hidden migration patterns and the human impact of pandemic crises. “A plague is upon us” was likely a familiar expression ...

Between 1347 and 1353, Europe was gripped by the most catastrophic pandemic in its history: the Black Death. Killing many millions, the plague wiped out between one-third and a half of Europe’s ...

The bubonic plague, which swept across Europe between 1347 and 1353, is estimated to have killed up to one half of the continent's population. The sudden loss of life led to the abandonment of farms, ...

The viral social media post about the death of actor Eric Dane is sparking a lot of conversation, especially after a former Grey’s Anatomy background actor made a claim against him. Laura Ann Tull ...

One hundred years ago, Black History Month began as an act of correction. Historian Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week to preserve Black contributions from being erased from American ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. One of the unmistakable throughlines of the second Trump administration is how it’s ...

The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, killing tens of millions across Europe in the 14th century. Spread by fleas carried on rats and transmitted through trade routes, ...

A Washington, D.C., grandmother who lost her grandson to gun violence delivered a fiery defense of President Donald Trump during a Black History Month celebration Wednesday at the White House.

This week brought another round in President Trump’s war against Black history. A federal judge rebuked his administration for removing panels that mentioned “the dirty business of slavery” from the ...