“Disadvantaged” has a different meaning today than it did in 1965 when President Lyndon Johnson made the case for affirmative action for black students.

What was once purchased dearly can eventually become ordinary — or even threatened — unless we do something to mark the price once paid.

As students and researchers increase their attention to the president’s life and career, criticism of “Obama Studies” as an academic venture mounts.

The Corwin Amendment — which would have made slavery constitutional and permanent — reveals a deep flaw in the design of the U.S. Constitution.

A look at the history of inaugural poems and the surprising vitality of contemporary American poetry.

An apt commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: President Obama is signalling his willingness to address our violent racial past.

The assault highlighted the nation’s struggle to come to terms with the murder of its most prominent civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Latinos played a crucial role in the 2012 presidential election. But, says Ilan Stavans, the biggest test is yet to come.

Growing up in Utah as an American of Japanese descent, I searched for role models — athletes, movie or television stars, pop singers — who I could identify with and who looked like me and my family.

The results of the 2012 election seem to have spurred bipartisan consensus on at least one issue: the need for comprehensive immigration reform. In the next installment of our series, our panel weighs in.

If the Republican Party wants a future — particularly in Mass. — it needs to repair the rift it’s caused with youth voters, women and people of color.

Peniel Joseph says Trayvon Martin’s senseless death has rousted the nation from its perpetual slumber on race.

“Disadvantaged” has a different meaning today than it did in 1965 when President Lyndon Johnson made the case for affirmative action for black students.

The Corwin Amendment — which would have made slavery constitutional and permanent — reveals a deep flaw in the design of the U.S. Constitution.

Growing up in Utah as an American of Japanese descent, I searched for role models — athletes, movie or television stars, pop singers — who I could identify with and who looked like me and my family.

As students and researchers increase their attention to the president’s life and career, criticism of “Obama Studies” as an academic venture mounts.

What was once purchased dearly can eventually become ordinary — or even threatened — unless we do something to mark the price once paid.

The assault highlighted the nation’s struggle to come to terms with the murder of its most prominent civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A look at the history of inaugural poems and the surprising vitality of contemporary American poetry.

An apt commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: President Obama is signalling his willingness to address our violent racial past.

Latinos played a crucial role in the 2012 presidential election. But, says Ilan Stavans, the biggest test is yet to come.

The results of the 2012 election seem to have spurred bipartisan consensus on at least one issue: the need for comprehensive immigration reform. In the next installment of our series, our panel weighs in.

If the Republican Party wants a future — particularly in Mass. — it needs to repair the rift it’s caused with youth voters, women and people of color.

An apt commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: President Obama is signalling his willingness to address our violent racial past.

If the Republican Party wants a future — particularly in Mass. — it needs to repair the rift it’s caused with youth voters, women and people of color.