What stuck with me were the thousands trackside who came, not to see a spectacle, but to honor a man who transmitted caring.

Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...

Bush unkindly described it.) This time, coming from a seasoned politician with a big victory and the experience of a ...

"Apparently, those we elected to represent us in Lincoln prefer the accomplish-nothing model of partisan politics that rules in Washington, rather than the governance vision Norris had for our state." ...

White Plains collector Seth Kaller has an original copy of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, which doesn't mention the dream.

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, ...

Doubt is a masterpiece, a film that questions certainty. It asks audiences to think, without the film being preachy or too ...

The comedian and former late-night talk show host will be given the Kennedy Center’s annual comedy honor at a ceremony in ...

Isabel Wilkerson began the University of Colorado Boulder’s Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation on Thursday by noting that the ...

Kennedy was, the one person who might not have been surprised that it happened was JFK himself. It's worth remembering, as the 50th anniversary of JFK's death approaches, that the young president ...

Doha, Qatar: Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) has announced a special event featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nathan Thrall (pictured) in conversation with Dean Safwan Masri.

The weather will not be the only bitter chill in town. Besides Michelle’s and Nancy’s cold shoulders, Barack Obama and the ...