A district court judge appointed by former President Barack Obama temporarily blocked a Louisiana law ordering schools to ...

After passing Congress in March 1861, it failed ratification after the secession of 11 states during the Civil War. Proposed ...

Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to social justice. For 45 years, she fought for women’s suffrage with little obvious ...

You’ll notice several amendments that control how the justice system operates. Right: Guarantees a jury trial in civil cases ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

Lincoln’s assassination, and the ineffectual leadership of his successor, Andrew Johnson, enabled the Congress to control ...

With Kamala Harris’s concession, America stands at a crossroads, deciding whether to return to the foundations of White ...

So the second Trump term will be the last. That may not be much comfort for progressives, but there is one important point to ...

States sued Congress for lowering the voting age. The case went to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of states. That led to the 26th Amendment.

Christian nationalists, part of Trump’s base, are working to pull the country in a direction scholars agree isn’t very ...

Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, ending an abortion ban imposed by Republican officials more than two years ago.

When you think about spending one day in Virginia, you might picture a day in Virginia Beach, Richmond, or Charlottesville. But these cities aren’t the only ...