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Racism is such a touchy topic that many US educators avoid it

University of Missouri students at a 2015 rally to demand the college president’s resignation amid allegations of racism on campus. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson – we are...

Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to...

Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in ‘East Woods’ on East 24th St. in Austin, Texas. Austin History Center by Kris Manjapra, Tufts University The...

Trump defends himself to the Supreme Court, saying he called ‘for peace, patriotism, respect for law and order’ on Jan. 6 and is not...

by Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University Filing late in the day to meet the Jan. 18, 2024, deadline, former President Donald Trump submitted a brief to...

Why 14th Amendment bars Trump from office: A constitutional law scholar explains principle behind Colorado Supreme Court ruling

On Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump exhorted followers to object to the results of the 2020 presidential election. AP Photo/Evan Vucci by Mark A. Graber,...

Small-town America’s never-ending struggle to maintain its values hasn’t always been good for US democracy

by Joseph Patrick Kelly, College of Charleston For better and worse, the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, has come to represent the overlooked cultural...

US has a long history of state lawmakers silencing elected Black officials and taking power from their constituents

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks to reporters in Atlanta on Aug. 14, 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images by Rodney Coates, Miami University Some Republican lawmakers in...

A brief history of the Ku Klux Klan Acts: 1870s laws to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, now being used against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on an indictment against former U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images by Joseph Patrick Kelly,...

US Army Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas’ journey from enslaver to Union officer to civil rights defender

Gen. George H. Thomas, who fought for the Union army during the Civil War, stands in uniform for a photo. Heritage Images/ Hulton Archive by Christopher...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s pending promotion sheds new light on his overlooked fight for equal rights after the Civil War

by Anne Marshall, Mississippi State University Tucked away in an amendment to the FY2023 U.S. defense authorization bill is a rare instance of congressional bipartisanship...

Georgia’s GOP overhauled the state’s election laws in 2021 – and critics argue the target was Black voter turnout, not election fraud

by Richard F. Doner, Emory University In the rash of election reform laws enacted after former President Donald Trump’s false claims of fraud during the...

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