From award-winning public radio producer Dan Gediman, "The Copperhead Conspiracy" tells a story from Kentucky’s past that’s ...

Paul Robeson was a superstar of the stage and screen, a talented football player and a music hitmaker. Then came a dramatic ...

From Alaskan glaciers to Florida plantations, Brian Wise explores how composers have depicted the landscape of US states ...

I first stepped into a former gymnasium near downtown Marion with John Fogleman, who served 26 years as a circuit judge in ...

It’s always fascinating to see who the cultural sector has decided to anoint as the paragon – or martyr – of the moment.

Taken together, January 9 shows how single decisions—by inventors, leaders, activists, and artists—can ripple outward for ...

Tucked away in eastern Mississippi, just a whisper from the Alabama border, Columbus stands as living proof that retirement dreams don’t require Manhattan-sized bank accounts or sacrificing quality of ...

Music was the heartbeat of the Civil Rights era. It provided a powerful voice for change by transforming spirituals and folk ...

Margaret Bonds grew up around civil rights activists, and her work as a musician continued this fight. Her piece Montgomery ...

As the final months of the American Civil War unfolded, we follow how a long-fractured nation moved from brutal fighting ...

Throughout history, musicians have used music as commentary on current events. It’s often powerful, and it’s a phenomenon ...

Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected ...