Since the founding of the United States, domestic deployment of the military has been a move of last resort; that may be ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the constitution on a ...

A discussion of the development of civil rights law in the US through the enactment of key legislation and formation of the ...

Dr. Jamal Touré discusses National Freedom Day, a United States observance on February 1 honoring the signing by President Abraham Lincoln of a resolution abolishing ...

This week, the Trump administration doubled down in its fight against birthright citizenship. The usual alliance of pundits, professors and press lined up to declare any challenge to birthright ...

Beyond the ethical and spiritual guidance delivered by these three individuals, their actions left moral legacies that have endured the test of time.

On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United ...

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

Hello! The legislative session in Richmond is currently underway, and I would like to provide an update on several bills that I am sponsoring and how you can stay informed about their progress this ...

The proposed constitutional amendment excludes presidents who served two consecutive terms, such as former President Barack ...

At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined ...

While Kentucky does ban slavery, it carves out an exception for one group of people - people convicted of a crime. The ...