Chef fuses ancient and modern cultures through food
In Washington, a museum's in-house restaurant serves food that evokes its biblical roots and pleases customers from all over the globe.
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, and a game called ‘dreidel’
Learn about the Jewish festival Hanukkah. This is part of a series that looks at religious holidays as observed by Americans.
They arrive as refugees and win their nation’s highest honor
Americans take particular pride when a onetime refugee earns the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
For LGBTI gamers, a safe and inclusive space [video]
LGBTI gamers often feel outcast from both the gaming world and the LGBTI community. So they have created their own annual event.
Poetry slam gives young people the confidence to express themselves [video]
When poets Yameen and Amina joined their school's poetry slam team, it gave them the freedom to write about the things that were important to them....
Photo of Haitian-born West Point grad goes viral
Alix Schoelcher Idrache, an immigrant from Haiti, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and soon became an online sensation.
In Alaska, linguists preserve Russian dialect
Preservers are at work in the sleepy Alaskan village of Ninilchik, where elderly residents speak a Russian dialect frozen in time, unchanged since 1847.
Americans observe Holocaust Remembrance Day
Every year remembrance activities in the U.S. commemorate victims of the Holocaust, and participants commit themselves to preventing future genocide.
American women march forward in landmark military decision
In a historic move that strengthens America’s armed forces, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter orders all combat roles in the U.S. military open to women.