At a recent Senate committee hearing in Annapolis, advocates lobbied for a measure requiring school police officers to be armed. Currently, Baltimore City is the only school district in Maryland ...

On April 6, 1909, Matthew Henson stood atop the world with Robert Peary as co-discoverer of the North Pole. When Henson descended from the frigid north his reception was distinctly cool, even in ...

Ross Marvin was helping Robert Peary on his North Pole expedition. Marvin supposedly fell through the ice and died. But his death was no accident.

Possibly the very first feet ever to reach the North Pole. These feet belonged to Neil Armstrong and to Matthew Henson.Two men, both explorers from the USA, but who lived very different lives.

O n October 22, an altercation between two students at Matthew Henson Middle School escalated into a physical confrontation, ...

Race to the Frozen North by Catherine Johnson tells the incredible true story of Arctic explorer Matthew Henson. Catherine visited Authors Live to read from the book and talk about how she wrote it.