Today, drowning rates are disproportionately high among Black children. What’s being done?

Officials who drove the decades-long war in Afghanistan look back on the strategic mistakes and misjudgments that led to a 20-year quagmire.

Today’s special education system was shaped five decades ago, when parents fought for disabled children’s right to learn.

For care in pregnancy and childbirth, Black parents are turning to a traditional practice.

An eviction moratorium has slowed filings in cities like Richmond, but it hasn’t stopped them, and Black tenants are at highest risk.

Decades of discrimination in Fresno laid the groundwork for a housing crisis today.

Some cities are trying to help poor children succeed by having their families move to middle-income, so-called "opportunity areas" -- an idea that was once politically impossible.

Activists concerned about pandemic-related homelessness are seeking rent relief. In the 1930s, tenants banded together against evictions.

For care in pregnancy and childbirth, Black parents are turning to a traditional practice.

African American women played a significant and sometimes overlooked role in the struggle to gain the vote.

The Equal Rights Amendment, proposed nearly 100 years ago, sparked debate from its very beginning, even among many of the women who had worked together for suffrage.

After a sexual assault scandal at the Tailhook convention rocked the Navy in 1991, one female officer, Paula Coughlin, launched a campaign to change military culture.

‘Stay home if you’re sick’ is time-tested advice. But not all workers can afford it.

Politics, public health and a pandemic. What we didn’t learn from HIV.

COVID-19 attacks the lungs. Past research shows that smoking and vaping may amplify the coronavirus.

After past outbreaks, workers with proof of antibodies were in demand. But history urges caution.