From citizen diplomat to global humanitarian, former US presidents have shaped their legacies in ways as varied as their ...

Ghana recently granted citizenship to 524 people from the Black diaspora, and most were Black Americans. It was the largest ...

Rarely fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink water tainted with larvae ...

The last time I saw Cater and his wife, Rosalynn, was at their 75th wedding anniversary celebration in 2021 in Plains, ...

Jimmy Carter hoped to outlive the Guinea worm — and he came achingly close. Carter helped lead a decades-long campaign ...

During and after his presidency, Jimmy Carter spent years working to advance global public health, including helping to nearly eradicate one disease.

Illinois and Chicago-area leaders reacted Sunday to the death of 100-year-old former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Carter’s death is a moment to reassess his legacy, also an opportunity to reflect on how the media and the political world treated him so unfairly.

The 39th U.S. president died a little more than a year after his beloved wife, Rosalynn. “I’ve had a wonderful life,” he said in 2015.

Explore the unique holiday traditions of John Jones, Olu Butterfly Woods, and Claudia Thorne, who celebrate Kwanzaa and ...