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Senator John Conness.

This Dead California Senator Can Save Birthright Citizenship

In the 19th century, John Conness defended the 14th Amendment and shut down proto-Trumpians.

by Joe Mathews via Zócalo Public Square on February 11, 2025

Woman in a hospital bed reading a pamphlet called "After the Abortion."

Her “Health and Thus Her Life”

Abortion exceptions in legal history.

by Alicia Gutierrez-Romine via Perspectives on History on January 29, 2025

Linda Coffee working on the Roe v. Wade case

I Argued Roe v. Wade. It Would Be a Tragedy to Overturn It.

To take away the right to privacy is to take a giant step backward in American history.

by Linda Coffee via The New Republic on May 4, 2022

CORE members march down Fort Hamilton Parkway.

CORE’s Struggle for Fair Housing Rights in LA

A brief history of how the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) led organized protests against racially-discriminatory housing in Los Angeles.

by M. Keith Claybrook Jr. via Black Perspectives on March 1, 2022

A black and white photo of new suburban homes, 1963.

When Real Estate Agents Led the Fight Against Fair Housing

A new book argues that the real estate industry’s campaign to defend housing segregation still echoes in today’s politics.

by Gene Slater, Patrick Sisson via CityLab on September 28, 2021

Activists holding a banner saying "STOP ASIAN HATE"

Violence Against Asian Americans Is Part of a Troubling Pattern

Recognizing that is crucial to ending the violence and the hate driving it.

by Stephanie Hinnershitz via Made By History on March 11, 2021

Photo of an interracial couple

On California’s Eugenicist Past

Jane Dailey considers the power of the law to reinforce racism.

by Jane Dailey via Literary Hub on November 17, 2020

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