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

November 13, 2024

By: The Conversation

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

June 20, 2024

By: The Conversation

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

January 19, 2024

By: The Conversation

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

December 20, 2023

By: The Conversation

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

November 22, 2023

By: The Conversation

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

September 10, 2023

By: The Conversation

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

August 6, 2023

By: The Conversation

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

June 2, 2023

By: The Conversation

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

December 7, 2022

By: The Conversation

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

October 21, 2022

By: The Conversation