After the war ended, three amendments were added to the Constitution granting citizenship and righting the wrongs of ...

Peter R. Kolchin, Henry Clay Reed Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Delaware and recipient of the University ...

SummaryAttorney General praises initial ruling on executive order, which judge terms “unconstitutional, un-American and cruel ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...

Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage ...

Gen. Rufus Saxton wrote that he bore “witness to the value of her services… She was employed in the Hospitals and as a spy [and] made many a raid inside the enemy’s lines displaying remarkable courage ...

Let’s set aside for a moment the questions of the legality and constitutionality of Trump’s action and ask instead: Where did ...

“The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright,” Rosen says. “It is really important that it’s a vision of ...

President Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship means reinterpreting the 14th Amendment. When the federal ...

The president’s executive order would purportedly end a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution. But that's not how ...

(Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a last-minute case Tuesday for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ...