Two decades after Brown v. Board, the Supreme Court struck down a desegregation order—and paved the way for today’s ...

Train advocates say the 90-minute ride from Fall River to Boston is faster than a car. Is it? We tested it out for ourselves.

Reporter Emily Scherny and senior digital producer Dan Medeiros each went from Fall River to Boston -- one by car, one by train. We measured their results based on time, cost, safety and comfort.

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East. By Leonard S. Marcus Laurie Halse Anderson returns to the ...

The eclectic, prolific author wrote more than 90 novels — primarily fantasy and science fiction, but also horror, erotica, mysteries and historical fiction. If you’ve never read her work, here ...

It’s a good month for criticism in the literary world, with new books in April exploring everything from early-’00s feminism to modern TV and video games. On the fiction side, there’s a new ...

Over the past two weeks, Senate File 75, a controversial bill requiring Black Hawk County, as well as Johnson and Story counties, to elect county supervisors by district instead of at large, has ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into a Rhode Island school district to determine whether its student loan forgiveness program for teachers discriminates against White ...

In “The Stained Glass Window,” David Levering Lewis delves into his ancestry to create a fuller picture of his family and its place in American history. David Sheff’s new biography, “Yoko ...

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