NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years later ...

Many American cities have dire public transport systems, but it hasn't always been this way. How did they get so bad and how ...

The U.S. has a long record of writing racial exclusion into policy, with consequences that last for generations.

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

Last Sunday, while sitting at the head of several tables pushed together, Jake Hook shared with the group of seven diners an ...

The theme would resonate with what was going on in the community,” officials said. “After the fires, it just felt appropriate ...

The City of Angels has a secret, and it’s not hidden in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood or the trendy cafes of Venice ...

Los Angeles, California – a city where dreams are made, and apparently, so are the most mouthwatering breakfasts you’ll ever ...

At the East Wind Foundation, in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, young people dedicate their after-school hours and ...

At least five people have died in a wildfire in Los Angeles, officials have said, with firefighters now facing new blazes, including one in the city's famous Hollywood Hills. With firefighters ...

In May of 1882, Congress codified these fears into law by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese people from ...

Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created ...