There is a personal relationship and experience we each have with art. Beyond the foundational role the arts play in culture, ...

That economists Thomas Sowell and the late Walter Williams have not received the Presidential Medal of Freedom borders on scandalous. The award, as well as the Congressional Gold Medal ...

That economists Thomas Sowell and the late Walter Williams have not received the Presidential Medal of Freedom borders on scandalous. The award, as well as the Congressional Gold Medal ...

She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first African American artist ...

It was established in 1963 after President Harry S. Truman had created a similar honor, the Medal of Freedom in 1945, which was focused on wartime efforts and was later discontinued.