03/04/2019 - 09:02
Mary Eliza Church Terrell graduated from Oberlin College
in 1884, becoming one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree.
02/08/2019 - 11:09
The movie industry was new and exciting – if primitive and unpolished – in 1914 when World War I began.
12/18/2018 - 09:44
Right about now, television and local theater companies are mounting production after production of A Christmas Carol.
12/04/2018 - 22:01
With his passing, much has been said in appreciation of the late President George H.W. Bush.
11/11/2018 - 10:47
The beginning of the end of World War I occurred on Nov. 11, 1918, 100 years ago today, when guns fell silent, poetically enough, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.
10/21/2018 - 22:23
The year 2019 will mark two pivotal anniversaries for the commonwealth of Virginia -- and for the United States.
09/24/2018 - 09:35
More than 200 years ago today, the founding generation enacted the Judiciary Act of 1789, establishing the federal court system.
09/03/2018 - 20:48
This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee has been holding hearings on whether to recommend that Judge Brett Kavanaugh be approved as the next Supreme Court justice.
08/30/2018 - 23:01
The idea was timely and simple: Rename the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington in honor of Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain, who died at 81 on Aug. 25.
07/25/2018 - 18:04
Politicians and pundits alike achieved bipartisan unity last week when they denounced President Donald Trump, who stood beside Russian President Vladimir Putin and questioned the conclusion of U.S. intelligence officials that Russia meddled in the 2016 election.
