The ancestors of Khandi Alexander and Ben Jealous fight for freedom. These guests’ families have long been engaged in the battle for freedom and civil rights, but didn’t know those principles were ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Popular ancestry show Finding Your Roots is deep into its ninth season ...

You probably don’t think about plant roots all that much – they’re hidden underground after all. Yet they’re continually changing the shape of the world. This process happens in your garden, where ...

The third season of the ancestry-research program Finding Your Roots, hosted by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., has been postponed by PBS after a determination that an episode of the program ...