The Senate confirmed appropriations for the college and several other embattled cultural institutions following Trump's threats to defund them.

A Colorado Democrat turned Republican, he was the only Native American during three terms in the House and 12 years in the Senate. He was also a judo expert and an Olympian. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in ...

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Before European explorers arrived on the American continents, a diverse array of civilizations, kingdoms, and nations flourished across North, Central, and South America. These societies developed ...

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An overused phrase goes under the microscope Recently, while reading a draft of a story by another writer for High Country ...

The Xochimilco district holds some of the final remnants of Mexico City’s ancient aquatic ecosystem, with man-made ...

Machu Picchu will always be a bucket-list destination, but its popularity comes with drawbacks. Consider this alternative ...

Poet Phyllis Wheatley, born in 1753, was freed on this day in 1773. Kidnapped in Africa and sold as a slave when she was only seven years old, Wheatley would become Black America’s first poet. She ...

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