For Alyssa Thiede, the curator at Hennepin History Museum, her connection to a new exhibit about an enslaved woman freed ...

CHAUTAUQUA—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. Chautauqua Institution began the 2025 season with a hopeful sign that renewed enthusiasm for diversity of thought was in the air. That continued ...

AlbrightWord in Black The Supreme Court’s October 2025 session may be its most consequential yet in the long fight for Black freedom. Louisiana v. Callais, which was reargued on Oct. 15, is the latest ...

As the dissenting opinion points out, the uncontroverted evidence established absence of any threat to the laws or government ...

The Supreme Court's October 2025 session could be the most consequential yet in the fight for Black freedom, as it hears Louisiana v. Callais, which could strike a death blow to the Voting Rights Act ...

In the face of threats and harassment, some trans Americans are becoming gun owners—only to be targeted by the same movements ...

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive ...

Removed from city-owned locations eight years ago this month, Baltimore’s Confederate monuments will return to public view when a highly-anticipated museum exhibit opens in Los Angeles this fall.

Dred Scott fought for freedom in court after living in free territories. The case ended at the Supreme Court on March 6, 1857. Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled that African Americans could not be ...

When it comes to the worst Supreme Court decision in history, there is plenty of competition. Last Friday (June 27, 2025) Trump v. CASA joined the race. In 2004, President George W. Bush nominated ...

On May 19, 2025, the Supreme Court lifted a lower court injunction blocking the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans. As a result of this order, Venezuela’s TPS designation may ...