In typical Jim Henson fashion, the show offered sophisticated puppetry (or is that muppetry?), the Sesame Street creator’s ...

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales ...

Caroline Rebecca LeCount is often likened to Rosa Parks for her efforts to desegregate public transit. More than 150 years later, SEPTA is still honoring her legacy ...

The show's place as a mainstay in culture and frequent political target means Snopes has investigated several rumors about "Sesame Street" and its characters over the years. Here are nine of those ...

The brand revolutionised retail with its lifestyle-focused department store, setting a precedent for experiential luxury shopping that continues today.

Somebody’ Though not written by Jackson, this poem became synonymous with him. He turned a verse into a rallying cry at ...

By the 1960s the television era was in full swing with the onset of full-color programming. But the medium’s prestige was ...

Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday, fought for equality as a civil rights protester, a presidential candidate, and a champion of ...

Before his two presidential runs and the founding of the Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Jesse Jackson appeared on “Sesame Street” with a simple message to share with children: “I am somebody.” ...

The young man is the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. The stoop is on the set of “Sesame Street,” in 1972. The ...

The late Coronation Street legend Philip Lowrie left his fortune to charity, his agent and his friends, new documents have revealed. The actor played Dennis Tanner in the long-running ITV soap from ...