Justice

Courageous Americans have been undermined by conspiracy theories for more than 150 years.

For decades, we’ve been replaying the same absurd partisan debate over whether to take high school activism seriously.

An early nineteenth-century feminist fights back against a narrow view of woman’s place in society.

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

The ban's critics say it failed to prevent gun violence, but they're misinterpreting the law's intent.

The phrase "trail of tears" resonates in American conversation because the country is still coming to terms with what happened and what it means.

Separate hospitals for black and white patients were the norm in America, but then all of that changed — and it changed quickly.

What the government's successful clampdown on Quaaludes can teach us about gun control.

The history of Black Socialism in America.

Reflecting on the tremendous impact of "The Souls of Black Folk," on the 150th anniversary of Du Bois' birth.

Fast-food workers in the Fight for $15 movement are making the same demands sanitation workers made five decades ago.

A review of "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America."

The roots of the influential institution at the center of the Trump-Russia investigation.

The hidden cost of formal recognition for American Indian tribes.

A new book argues that the fetishization of the first ten amendments is a recent thing – and that it comes at a cost.

Over the 1830s, Hamblin transformed the fortunes of the Bowery by featuring melodramas starring young women, but this wasn't without issues.

The February 1968 killing of three student protesters in Orangeburg, SC marked a turning point in the black freedom struggle.

By connecting liberation at home with an end to U.S. militarism abroad, today's black activists are picking up where MLK left off.

The shootings occurred two years before the deaths at Kent State University, but remain a little-known incident in the Civil Rights Movement.

Trump’s Muslim ban was not just an abberation: US citizenship has long been predicated on whiteness as it was understood in 1790.

Two new biographies look at the life of Inez Burns, an uncompromising and extravagant turn-of--the-century woman.

The amazing true story of Bass Reeves, the formerly enslaved man who patrolled the Wild West.

How Louisiana built a carceral state during the War on Crime.

The Reverend Dr. Henry Highland Garnet may be the most famous African American you never learned about.

No other nation sentences people to die in prison for offenses committed as minors.

Contrary to popular conceptions, women were also instrumental to the spread and articulation of black nationalism.

Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, constantly defied those who tried to constrain her due to race and gender.

Four decades ago, Raymond Broshears armed his disciples to keep LGBT people safe from violent homophobes.

The debate between "originalism" and the "living constitution" rages on. What does history say?

Thomas Moss’ lynching, like many others in the South, was a punishment for becoming an economic competitor to whites.