Justice

State lawmakers stand and face the families of four wrongly-convicted black men.

How the disaster energized the nascent environmental movement and led to a slew of legislative changes.

She was an architect of the civil-rights struggle-and the women's movement. Why haven't you heard of her?

Even before United Airlines, a legacy of excessive force existed in transportation.

Native Americans say the law protects their children. The Goldwater Institute claims it does the opposite.

It has stifled suffrage, blamed immigrants for chaos, and suppressed civil rights. It's also how Donald Trump views the entire world.

King George's tax collectors abused police powers to fill his coffers. Sound familiar?

How should the courts use history?

On these pages you will meet Monroe Nathan Work, who lived from 1866- 1945. This website is a rebirth of one piece of his work.

Outrage over the revolt spurred the U.S. to deliver on a promise of the revolution.

A small act of protest that resulted in significant change.

Does the most historically minded school of constitutional law push history aside?

As the new administration seeks to fill a vacancy on the Court, a look back at the forgotten mid-19th century battles over the judiciary.

It’s only by acknowledging the roots of identity politics in the emancipatory movements of the past that we can begin the work of formulating an alternative.

Tribal sovereignty is a concept that even some of the protesters may not be familiar with. But it's important.

From the beginning, International Women's Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism.

In 1939, a refugee ban kept 20,000 Jewish children out of the U.S.

Could President Trump actually win over the leaders of historically black colleges and universities?

Donald Trump’s restrictive plan is reminiscent of legislation from 100 years ago.

The lessons of Japanese interment for policy makers today.

Brandon Byrd examines resistance to the American Colonization Society's attempts to remove free blacks from the US.

When President Trump contemplates violating court orders, he joins a longer list of presidents.

How a trio of Harvard-educated blue bloods led a crusade to keep the "undesirables" out and make America great again.

The president's executive orders and inflammatory rhetoric follow a predictable path.

Jeff Sessions tried to jail an activist couple trying to ensure the black residents of Alabama the right to vote.

What anti-Trump protesters can learn from the successes, and mistakes, of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress decided that there needed to be severe limits on who was coming into the country.

The U.S. is neither a land of nativists nor a haven for immigrants. Since the founding, the truth has lain somewhere in between.

Trump may block entry to foreigners who need public benefits—a proposal rooted in 19th-century laws targeting poor immigrants.

Six historians unpack the meaning of President Trump's controversial executive order.