Hari Kondabolu performs at Union Hall in Brooklyn, New York. Kondabolu is one of a number of comedians of South Asian heritage who have been gaining visibility in American popular culture.

The transfer of power from the Dutch to the English was more like a strategic merger, historian Russell Shorto contends.

The family of Oscar Nedd will finally lay him to rest this weekend after he was identified as “Mr. X” from a cold case.

Vintage neon, giant cows, aluminum blade signs and Googie design. Western New York is a treasure trove of midcentury oddities ...

Armed with a tape recorder and open ears, Tony Schwartz turned everyday noise into lasting art. Now, his recordings live on at Smithsonian Folkways, where they continue to inspire new ways of ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library shares writings about local African Americans as ...