In September 1868, Southern white Democrats hunted down around 200 African-Americans in an effort to suppress voter turnout

We shouldn’t allow the questions raised about the nominee in his first hearing to be submerged by the onrushing tide of scandal.

The legal charges against Cpl. Remedios Cruz are not uncommon. But they highlight the Marine Corps’ struggle to integrate women into combat infantry roles.

When global health officials gathered this spring for the World Health Assembly, they thought a resolution that would encourage breast-feeding would be one of the easiest items on their agenda. After all, its purpose was simple enough: recognizing decades of research that says breast milk is healthiest for babies and calling on countries should limit misleading marketing claims that state otherwise. But then the U.S. delegation got involved, and didn’t just oppose the resolution but began threatening countries that wanted to introduce the measure, reveals the New York Times.

New research demonstrates the direct and indirect effects of unions going back to the 1930s. Now that the union movement is weaker, inequality has risen.

The justice believes the law does not prohibit racial gerrymandering. He’s dangerously wrong.

The majority refused to look beyond the text of the order to see Trump's flagrant anti-Muslim animus.

Nicknamed "Black Babe Ruth," catcher Josh Gibson was considered the greatest hitter in the Negro leagues.

Lulabel Seitz was giving the commencement address at her high school graduation when school officials cut off her microphone after she began talking about sexual assault allegations.

One Stanford professor's relentless pursuit of justice in the Brock Turner case.

A case about a stolen motorcycle has major ramifications for Americans’ right to live free from police intrusions.

Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on Sunday, the 71st anniversary of when he broke the sport's color barrier.

Demographic shifts rippling across the nation are fueling fears that their culture and standing are under threat.

“Certain guns, like AR-15s, shouldn’t even be accessible to the public.” By Robby Soave.

Look Out For i360 And Data Trust. By Greg Palast.

David Luban reviews "Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable" by Erwin Chemerinsky.

The two discuss sexual harassment in the workplace, how to change corporate culture in meaningful and sustained ways, and whether Miss America can be relevant in the #MeToo era.

Rallying to call for restrictive laws is a whole lot easier than getting people to submit to them. By J.D. Tuccille.

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Beneath the weight of American history, it is little wonder that today’s struggles over the status of Confederate monuments and political demonstrations by avowed white supremacists evoke anxieties about disunion. We would do well to pay heed to the old enmities bubbling up in our politics: it is not that we are on the verge of another civil war, but that the Civil War never truly ended. With the exception of slavery itself, what divided the United States then divides us still today.