Ruth Bader Ginsburg

All roads lead to Larry Hammond, Justice Lewis Powell’s law clerk at the time.

Black civil-rights activists—and especially Black women—delivered on the promise of the Founding. Their victories are in peril.

In ACT UP, belonging was not conferred by blood. Care was offered when you joined others on the street with the intent to bring the AIDS crisis to an end.

Beyond packing schemes, we need to diminish the high court’s power.

The idea that justices exist outside of politics is a relatively new concept.

The Supreme Court, the federal branch with the least public accountability, has historically sided with tradition over more expansive human rights visions.

As Lincoln recognized, it's not enough to question the decisions, justices, or even the structure of the Court. We need to challenge the foundation of its power.

From Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama, meet 100 women who defined the last century.

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

From today's vantage, the remarkable achievements of the writer and social justice activist are finally coming into focus.

The author of a new biography explains how Murray changed the way that discrimination is understood today.

As a young woman, civil rights pioneer Pauli Murray discovered that the flag could be used as a symbol of defiance.

Judicial dissent in the Supreme Court has a long history.

How the Supreme Court got it wrong.