When most people picture the Pride flag, they think of the iconic rainbow flag adorned with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet stripes. What you may not know is that this flag only became ...

Each March in the U.S. and elsewhere, we honor the role women have played in society with Women’s History Month. “Feminists in the 1970s critiqued the exclusion and lack of recognition of women’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the psychology of leadership, tech and entrepreneurship. While the human quest of meaning is perennial, the answers ...

It was Wednesday, June 19, when Major General Gordon Granger and his troops rode into Galveston, bringing with them General Order No. 3, a proclamation officially ending slavery in the state of Texas.

If you’ve been searching for funny British sayings, you’ve probably heard someone say “It’s chucking it down” while rain ...

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and its name stems from the date the historic event occurred: June 19, 1865. On that day, the 250,000 African Americans still enslaved ...

It’s funny. When you dig into the lyrics of a particular song, you might be stunned by what they say. For example, one of the sweetest-sounding songs we hear as a child is the nursery rhyme, ...