Few American historical relationships are more controversial than that of third United States President Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, who bore several of his children. In the Bay Area, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “What if” is the seed of almost every story. In the case of Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Sally & Tom,” the question is: What if a low-budget theater company were to ...

That question pops up multiple times in multiple ways -- and is answered, both in the positive and the negative -- in Suzan-Lori Parks' sprawling "Sally & Tom" onstage at Marin Theatre. But it's only ...

All Men Are Created Equal. Or so Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence. It’s kind of weird then, to know that Jefferson owned slaves. And it’s even weirder to realize that one of ...