Justice

Ava DuVernay’s miniseries shows why more children had to stand trial as adults than at any other time before this 1989 case.

The Duke Center for Firearms Law's efforts to catalog the history of gun laws.

Revealing these materials could be considered “Hoover’s revenge.”

The Olin Foundation funded the Federalist Society, seminars for judges, and much more.

The justice used my book to tie abortion to eugenics. But his rendition of the history is incorrect.

Amid reports that Trump may pardon accused or convicted war criminals, it's worth remembering Nixon's response to the My Lai Massacre.

The West's history is full of stories of white Americans taking the law into their own hands to beat back nonwhite populations.

The ADL's influence on U.S. politics mobilizes against Black and Arab leaders, enforces pro-Israel stances, and capitalizes on anti-hate efforts.

Amid continued standoffs between tribes and states over treaties signed before statehood was achieved, the ruling is a victory for Native rights.

A new book rescues the Poor People’s Campaign from its reputation as a desperate last cry of the civil rights movement.

It's a struggle that's been waged for centuries.

The surprising story of the vigilantes who took it upon themselves to catch bank robbers in the 1920s and 30s.

Before Roe, abortion providers operated on the margins of medicine. They still do.

A century ago, the invocation of science was key to making Americans believe that newcomers were inferior.

A new study finds that federal drug policy didn’t just send more black men to jail—it also locked them out of higher education.

The discretionary nature of traffic enforcement has left it ripe for abuse.

DC v. Heller recognized an individual right to possess a firearm under the Constitution. Here’s why the case was wrongly decided.

Kap wasn't the first, and he won't be the last.

How Upton Sinclair’s 1934 run for governor of California inspired a cult.

Louis Moore discusses Bill Bruton and the erasure of his activism towards integration in Major League Baseball.

On the history of the second amendment, white militias, and border vigilantism.

A history of reformers targeting sex trafficking in pursuit of other aims.

At what point does resistance become the only choice?

And how black activists won the support of Democratic candidates.

Fifty-five years ago, a congressman made a single addition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that changed everything.

The explosion of kid-friendly paraphernalia led the federal government to crack down on pot.

Before Earth Day made a name for the environmental movement, a massive oil spill put a spotlight on the dangers of pollution.

The 1868 presidential election through the eyes of a Southern white woman.

His testimony before House Un-American Activities Committee was a turning point for the baseball hero.

As the country celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, let’s consider the career of Fleet Walker.