All men are created equal,” wrote slaveholder Thomas Jefferson, in words that have been a source of consternation ever since.

or Abraham Lincoln’s “sweeping assertions of authority” in the Civil War era, executive claims to authority when it comes to ...

Nearly eight years after the first challenges to his immigration policies, Donald Trump is returning to the White House ...

A bill that would let Donald Trump unilaterally revoke tax-exempt status from nonprofits is being fast-tracked through ...

We know how long and how painfully the ramifications of what is coming will be felt. Millions of words have been written ...

Joe Crawford reflects on his great-grandfather's service in the Civil War, his sacrifice and the family's tradition of ...

This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of ...

The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that ...

During the Civil War? In the turbulent 1960s? How about during the recent pandemic when we were urged (some might say forced) ...

“Blatantly illegal” is how Daniel McFadden, a managing attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts ...

Lacking formal training in medicine or nursing, Walt Whitman nonetheless realized ‘the simple matter of personal presence, ...

We are both proud veterans who served honorably in conflicts overseas; we are also Jews who strongly support the existence of ...