Penn State removed nearly three dozen racks containing its independent student-produced newspaper from on-campus locations last week because politics-related ads on the racks violated school policy.

The writing was already on the wall for the end of slavery, but a few last desperate words made it into print on April 22, 1865. “My Negro Woman JANE left my house, one Tuesday April 5 th,” wrote N.G.

On a recent Sunday, readers of the print Los Angeles Times and New York Times were confronted with full-page advertisements, bearing a dramatic illustration of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ...

Old newspaper ads are serving as a window into the hopes and histories of hundreds of individuals who were newly emancipated. By Rachel L. Swarns This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for ...

At the end of slavery, Black families had been fractured — children, siblings, parents had been sold off and dispersed across the country. Longing to find them, people bought newspaper ads in order to ...

A few years back, this column was the front-page anchor for The Herald Times' Auto section, which contained pages of ads from local car dealers. Rows of thumbprint photos of cars for sale, their ...