Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

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 ...

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

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification.

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled a nationwide ban on handgun sales to young adults is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found a ...

“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,” the 22nd Amendment mandates. Even Trump, notorious for bending norms and breaking laws, couldn’t possibly ...

CHARLESTON — Eastern Illinois University's inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast took place Monday morning in the hours leading up to the presidential inauguration. Many of the ...

Wichita contractor Arthur Porth unsuccessfully argued in a 1954 case that taxation amounts to “involuntary servitude,” making it illegal under the 13th Amendment. More recently, a Pennsylvania ...

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From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:54-55: When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe, and said ...

Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right. Compiled by Jeremy Engle Is there a goal you’d like to pursue by doing ...