The pseudo-historical attempt to attach conservatism to the civil rights movement is just silly. By Jonathan Chait...
Civil Rights
Efforts to destroy the Black freedom movement as well as the use of illegal surveillance and entrapment....
In 2022, it’s very commonplace to see feminist ideas as well as general discussion about women’s rights...
From 1890 to 1910, Southern states adopted new state constitutions and enacted laws that raised barriers to...
Indians themselves were divided on the debate. Introduction The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, (43 Stat. 253, enacted June 2,...
The landmark law has gotten a different reception at the highest court in the land in the...
The act had three primary objectives for the integration of former slaves into free society following the...
It was influential in the creation of state-level legislative investigations into communist or un-American activities. Late in...
In places where local laws did not require segregation, Jim Crow harassment enforced it. Introduction The Citizens’ Councils (commonly...
Congress must act fast to ensure the Fourth Amendment’s vitality in the modern age. The Central Intelligence...
It now proposes new crimes that could criminalize almost any protestor and give police broad powers. Introduction...
Cartter played a minor-yet-not-insignificant role at two fateful moments in the life of Abraham Lincoln. By Ann...
Meredith is a civil rights hero who doesn’t fit neatly into political categories. By Aram GoudsouzianBizot Family...
She paid a price with police beatings that left her permanently disabled. When Louis Draper took Fannie Lou...
Private organizations funneling money to law enforcement agencies are “protecting corporate interests and enabling state-sanctioned violence.” Many...
Thaddeus Stevens was as an ardent abolitionist who championed civil rights for decades. In 1813, a young...
Law enforcement agencies typically need to provide a compelling reason to collect and store data about members...
Digging deeply into the nation’s past can help illuminate the struggles facing the U.S. today. By Dr....
Highlighting the trends that have defined us from the 1920s to now. Presentation by The History Channel...
From one of our top historians, a groundbreaking story of policing and “riots” that shatters our understanding...
Republican-controlled state legislatures across the U.S. are enacting new restrictions on voter participation that target non-whites. America...
Most Americans want to make voting easier, not harder. We need to pass the For the People...
A record number of people voted in the 2020 presidential election. Now, GOP legislators across the country...
The For the People Act would make our democracy more inclusive and block efforts by state legislators...
Although LGBTQ+ people in every region of the world face marginalization and repression, human rights have steadily...
The theft of our democracy doesn’t happen in a violent coup but in a thousand legalistic cuts...
The For the People Act aims to fix an election system that pushes people of color to...
We’re getting an up-close look at how law enforcement treats left and right protests differently. By Basav...
In the 1950s, Harlem mother Mae Mallory fought a school system that she saw as ‘just as...
The civil rights that various groups have fought for within the United States. Introduction What is the...