rights

Is the American conception of constitutional rights too absolute?

A favorite icon of critical race theory proponents doesn’t say what they want him to say.

In her new book, Colley shows how written constitutions developed both as a way to further justify rulers and to turn rebellions into legitimate governments.

Organizing is a kind of alchemy: it turns alienation into connection, despair into dedication, and oppression into strength.

A groundbreaking new book demonstrates that even during the days of slavery, African Americans knew a lot more about legal principles than has been imagined.

A reminder of how tricky it is to balance protecting transparency and freedom of association.

What might appear to be common values about shared identities can serve not as a bridge but a wedge.

While many Americans gushed about the effectiveness of the ‘Destruction of the Tea,’ others thought it went too far.

On the mobility controls faced by refugees, and who had the right to remain in American cities and states in the Early Republic.

After the English Revolution—and an island’s experiment with republicanism—a genuine restoration was never in the cards.

We've heard about Rosa Parks and her crucial role, but Parks was just one of many women involved.

As environmental rights seem on the verge of a comeback, it’s worth remembering why they once seemed so promising, and why that promise remains unfulfilled.

The history of guest worker programs should give pause to supporters of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

More than 500 historians signed onto this letter of support for the demands of railway workers.

Before his abuses of power were exposed, he was celebrated as a scourge of Nazis, Communists, and subversives.

Haaland v. Brackeen could have major consequences for tribes’ right to exist as political entities.

How our inability to change America’s most important document is deforming our politics and government.

Assessing age — and protecting children — has always been subjective.

To many urban Americans in the 1920s, the car and its driver were tyrants that deprived others of their freedom.

The holiday’s lack of history allowed activists to give it meaning after America’s divorce laws changed.