Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman will apologize for slavery on the county’s behalf. Meet one of the civil rights ...

Jazmyne Owens interviews GeDá Jones Herbert on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its impacts on civil rights protections and enforcement in public schools.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco ruled in July that a group of states that sued over the order ...

After winning round one, President Trump wants the justices to tee up a final showdown on birthright citizenship.

The congressional anti-communist hearings of the 1940s are a reminder that freedom of speech today is even more fragile than ...

The House of Representatives has censured members of Congress for their actions and alleged misconduct nearly 30 times since 1832. When the House censures a member for their conduct, it is a ...

Today, our Nation marks the 162nd anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, the brief yet immortal speech through which President Abraham Lincoln transformed ...

Lawmakers are launching a new effort to close a legal loophole that means federal officials, including law enforcement agents ...

OPM officials told agency HR leaders Tuesday that President Trump has Article II constitutional authority to remove tens of ...

Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.

Sherrilyn Ifill delivered a lecture on reimagining American democracy, the role of the 14th Amendment of the U.S.

The 15th Amendment was written to stop governments from picking winners and losers based on skin color. In Louisiana, that is ...