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Famous summits from U.S. presidential history

After years apart, they found their loved ones experiencing homelessness

Julie Crossman sitting on a stoop wearing a red long-sleeve shirt, is the sister of Nanie Crossman who she lost touch with, in Oakland on April 8, 2025

Trump is targeting sanctuary cities. But what is a sanctuary city, anyway?

People hold signs in support of sanctuary city mayors outside the U.S. capitol, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Government

Why Trump wants to ban barcodes on ballots, and what it means for voters and election officials

Election workers scan ballots at the scanning stations of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office and Election Warehouse on Election Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5, 2024.

Without AmeriCorps rural communities will lose essential social services

Americorps reading tutor Kelly Meany, L, gives one-on-one reading instructions to 7-year-old 2nd grader Madissen Moody at C.W. Harris Elementary School in D.C where Corps members play a huge role in DC public schools, teaching kids to read and acting as role models, on Friday, September 19, 2014

History

Women on quarters: Who they are and why it matters

Althea Gibson kisses the cup she was awardedafter winning the French International Tennis Championships in Paris in 1956.

History

19 Black historical figures you probably didn't learn about in class

Jane Bolin, the first Black American woman graduate of Yale Law School and the first Black American woman judge in the United States.

History

16 women abolitionists you may not know about

Lydia Maria Child reads a book on a front porch.

History

14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you may not recognize

March on Washington with Fannie Lou Hamer, Daisy Bates, and A. Philip Randolph in foreground.

Education History

The Smithsonian is coming to town

Opening night of the "Spark!" exhibit in Soda Springs, Idaho.

Education History

The Smithsonian is coming to town

Opening night of the "Spark!" exhibit in Soda Springs, Idaho.

History

The Emancipation Proclamation in practice: A timeline

A print based on David Gilmour Blythe’s painting of Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation.

History

Broken US-Indigenous treaties: A timeline

History

Stories behind the Trail of Tears for every state it passed through

Young man nuzzling up to his horse in open field while reenacting the Trail of Tears journey in 1988.

History

25 historic images of Route 66 in its early days

The 66 Diner on historic Route 66 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.