This week in history, Samuel Clemens first used the pen name Mark Twain in a Virginia City newspaper, the “Territorial ...

A new biography of Charles W. Chesnutt, by Tess Chakkalakal, explains the friendships and tensions he had with his white ...

In 2024, it had been 150 years since the family of Samuel Clemens moved to Farmington Avenue in Hartford.The staff of the Mark Twain House and Museum, which was established in the former Clemens ...

This hour, music critic Robert Hilburn joins us to talk about his new book, ‘A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman.’ ...

Shania Twain's jet-setting lifestyle is set to take a pause for the next month as she returns to the place she fondly calls her "home away from home" — Las Vegas. The country-pop superstar ...

Explore Mark Twain's greatest books, from timeless adventures to sharp wit and humor. Discover the classics that shaped American literature.

What did she tell you, in explaining what it’s about? Twain: Well, she said that first of all, it’s like nothing you’ve ever experienced. There’s a lot of unity. It’s really more of a ...

Tech mogul Mark Zuckerberg was in attendance at the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday. The billionaire CEO of Meta, formerly known as Facebook, was spotted at the Inauguration Day ...

Among the tech CEOs in attendance at the ceremony inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, Jan. 20 were Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. The VIPs, seated side-by-side on the dais ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing ...

They got the ball with a chance to take the lead but Mark Andrews fumbled the ball. Then, a game-tying two-point conversion slipped through his fingers in the final moments. Lamar Jackson took ...