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We don’t know how many enslaved people Founding Father John Dickinson and his family owned. But historians say, in Dickinson’s era, they were not meant to be remembered.That’s changing after the discovery of an African burial ground at the Dickinson Plantation near Dover.Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia reports guided tours of the site allow visitors to reflect on the lives of those who lived and died there.

More than 100,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap jungle from Colombia to Panama so far this year. The environmental impact and threats from cartels are many.

In this week's StoryCorps, a woman remembers growing up in the same apartment building, where her grandmother lived.

Faith leaders from around the country gathered outside the Glynn County Courthouse in defiance of a defense attorney's efforts to keep Black pastors away from the trial.

A historic Hockessin school that helped end segregation will soon have a new life.

After her a hearing on Thursday, it's unclear if President Biden's controversial pick to be the nation's top bank regulator has enough votes to be confirmed.

The man who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery returned to the stand to testify in his own defense for a second day. Travis McMichael says he feared for his life after confronting Arbery.

Photos of a father and his young daughter, drowned in the Rio Grande, underlined the deadly risks of the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Martín Espada drew on them for his book Floaters.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Julius Jones after a public outcry. Jones, who maintains he was wrongly convicted of a 1999 murder, now faces life in prison without parole.

Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Julius Jones, who has been on death row for nearly 20 years in connection with a 1999 murder. Many believe he was wrongly convicted.