Under Trump, conservatives reignite a battle over race and the Constitution
President Donald Trump's new war on diversity programs has renewed a long-running legal battle over the meaning the ...
Opinion
The revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment
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 ...
Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to undo the Civil War
After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...
Va. lawmakers tackle Confederate bills on day of honor for Black pioneers
Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...
USA Today13d
Trump's order to end birthright citizenship. What does the U.S. Constitution say?
The 14th Amendment was one of the Reconstruction Amendments, which were amendments passed in response to the issues formerly enslaved individuals faced after the Civil War. The amendment granted ...
WBAL-TV14d
What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship
The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment, because it was added to the Constitution after the Civil War in 1868. That places it at an important historical crossroads, when ...