The U.S. began observing Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a national holiday 40 years ago. Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with John Conyers III, the son of the congressman who was integral ...

Big conversations start tonight on Black Nouveau. We’re spotlighting the 2025 MLK Jr. Speech Winner. Big conversations start tonight on Black Nouveau. We’re spotlighting the 2025 MLK Jr. Speech Winner ...

On Monday night, Jan. 12, at the Charles & Linda Idelson Kitchen at Canterbury School in Fort Myers, Ethiopian-Israeli chef Beejhy Barhany wanted people to taste something other than tired narratives.

Chef Anthony Thomas is never where you’d most suspect him to be. The social media star from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, could be Downtown or on Capitol Hill, cooking food to hand out to anyone passing ...

Local kids Seize the Day! A group of Toronto students aged 12 to 14 from Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts are preparing to travel to Atlanta this weekend to take part in the Junior Theatre ...

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaching, it is important to remind our students about his message surrounding empathy, justice and helping our community, and how it still applies to today’s ...

On January 5, 2026, US federal vaccine guidelines were revised to reduce the number of vaccines universally recommended for children, changing some from routine to “shared clinical decision-making.” ...

In an interview with CBS News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said it might be a "better thing" if fewer youths received that shot. He also said insurance would still cover the vaccine, but the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made significant changes to the childhood vaccine schedule on Jan. 6 in a move experts warned could result in fewer children receiving a full suite of ...

Famous chef and food stylist Elle Simone Scott, beloved by viewers for her role as host of PBS’s America’s Test Kitchen, has died. She was 49. According to People, Scott passed away on Monday (January ...