Dolores Huerta gained prominence as an organizer of farmworkers seeking better wages. Here's why she visited Arizona over the ...

Dolores Huerta has dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and cemented her place in history as one of the nation’s most ...

Pope Leo will be the first pontiff to receive the U.S. Medal of Liberty, an award established in 1988 to commemorate the bicentennial of the American Constitution and given annually to ...

Bill Clinton gave Mr. Chavez the nation’s highest civilian honor. Barack Obama made Cesar Chavez Day a federal holiday. Joe Biden displayed a bronze bust of Mr. Chavez. So far, all have been quiet.

The Medal of Honor is presented to individuals whose research has fundamentally advanced cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.

As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV will be honored in the nation’s former capital of Philadelphia for his ...

This year’s John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award is a tie between “the people of the Twin Cities, Minnesota” and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The prestigious annual honor has been awarded ...

The ruling cut deeper than left-versus-right politics, declaring that the policy imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ...

The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq failed to uncover clandestine weapons of mass destruction and produced a bloody occupation that exposed the limits of U.S. power.

The White House has denied that TV host and comedian Bill Maher will receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, even though two sources close to the Kennedy Center told CNN he had ...