Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.

According to the 1860 census, in Hanover County there were 9,740 enslaved Black people and 257 free Black people. Almost ...

Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and ...

In response to Iowa becoming the first state in U.S. history to remove a protected class with the passage of Senate File 418 ...

There are many tenacious individuals in Elaine Weiss' "Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights ...

Despite how little has been widely known about Galveston’s slave markets, Griffin found about 20 locations where slaves were ...

David Enrich’s new book, ‘Murder the Truth,’ and two classics reveal how efforts to undo Times v. Sullivan endanger ...

More than a hundred and ten thousand government pages have gone dark in a purge that one scientist likened to a “digital book ...

In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.

As the purpose and meaning of the 14th Amendment are once again debated, it’s well worth learning more about one of its primary authors: George S. Boutwell.

We all know our share of powerful women. From mothers and grandmothers to teachers and leaders, the women in our lives shape ...

Slashing billions from the benefit bill and cutting the size of the civil service does not mark a return to austerity, Sir ...