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She also pestered state lawmakers into setting up the world’s first juvenile court in 1899. During World War I, Bowen was chairman of the Illinois division of the Council on National Defense.

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Ten days driving down 'the Mother Road' revealed a country whose obsession with its own past is at odds with its precarious future.

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John Albert’s daughter isn’t going to school on Friday. And he couldn’t be happier about it. For the first time, the high ...

Samuel E. Cornish dies. Along with John Russwurm, he established the first Black-owned and operated newspaper in Amer­ica—“Freedom’s Journal.” The newspaper’s famous motto was “We wish to plead our ...

The long-serving Ohio Democrat had tried to appeal to working-class voters and make access to abortion a top priority, but ...

On the historic Route 66, you’ll encounter the Gemini Giant in Wilmington—a towering muffler man sporting a space helmet.

In recent years, “Dixie” has been banned by a number of institutions because of its history.