Irish poet William Butler Yeats wrote of Tagore that after Greek philosopher Socrates, Tagore was the first and truest 'global citizen' of the modern world. Tagore himself wrote to Sarojini Naidu, ...

Spoken-word poets in Cameroon are using their art form to help communities cope with traumas left by the ongoing civil war.

Martin Luther King Jr. inspired the nation with his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech — a powerful vision for equality. Almost ...

Paul McCartney remembered an old Nat King Cole song. That inspired him to write The Beatles' classic "Mother Nature's Son".

Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was given the key to the city by Mayor Eddie Melton for her ...

For those who disapprove of his tactics, who prefer mercy for the marginalized and who wish to fight back but don’t know how, ...

I remember Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” as a reflection of your whole being. For some, songs are a soul path, heard ...

In a new weekly segment, "In Troubled Times", Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change Ted Gup argues ...

Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Viva Central Block Party, Rhythm N’ Spice Hot Sauce ...

Hoogs then introduced Robert Lashley, a Seattle-based writer who was the author of the book, “I Never Knew You’d Leave In ...

North Fayette Elementary students Kendall Knox and Zanzillus McBride were winners in the Inspirational Messages of Peace Contest. Knox, a 3rd grader, w ...