Benjamin must have suspected that when Sarah Read ... had taken in young James Franklin Jr., the son of Ben’s deceased brother. And when Franklin sailed for London in 1757 he made no secret ...

We need to pass the Death Penalty Moratorium Act, pausing executions for two years, so we can improve the process and make ...

When Benjamin Franklin’s brother John experienced painful bladder ... Franklin is often referred to as the “only U.S. President to have never been U.S. President.” But he was the governor ...

Although leaders must persevere and there is no substitute for hard work, success is never a solo effort. It never has been, ...

Benjamin Franklin did fly ... the legendary brothers, together invented manned mechanical flight. To deconstruct that myth today, all we really have to go on are two foundational sources: the ...

On the 40th anniversary of their formation, we look back at how the group went from being just four friends to the best-selling R&B group of all time.

The National Park Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the ...

In an interview with CBR, Gabriel Luna and Rutina Wesley talk about Tommy and Maria's new family and responsibilities in The ...

Tubman, born into slavery in Maryland, escaped around 1849 after learning she and her brothers were to be ... Other pages, such as one examining Benjamin Franklin’s ownership of enslaved people ...

Berks County is divided into three jurisdictions: Reading, Muhlenberg Township and the rest of the county. Reading and ...