Steve Luxenberg

Homer Plessy's name, long associated with the "doctrine of separate but equal," will now be part of our racial reckoning

Long before Nancy Pelosi, the House went to war over Rep. John Sherman as the country split over slavery

Before there was the spectacle of Senate confirmation hearings, there was no place for nominees to publicly confront embellished or false stories. Consider the strange case of Henry Billings Brown.

When he found 17 bags of trash outside his beach rental, he decided to take a look inside.

If you’ve got a bread machine languishing in a closet somewhere, this technique may get you back into breadmaking mode.

‘The King’s Speech’: Brilliant filmmaking, less-than-brilliant history

U.S. Spied on Iraqi Leaders, Book Says