A new exhibit at the Lincoln Presidential Library explores Reconstruction’s rise, collapse and lasting impact through artifacts and film.

The Voting Rights Act was not racial favoritism. It was a protection created in response to a long and documented history of racial violence and exclusion. However, the United States Supreme Court in ...

Juneteenth 2026 falls on a Friday and is the next three-day weekend of the summer for federal employees. Here's what to know about the holiday.

By Ross Hetrick The Mad Dreams of Thaddeus Stevens by Michael J. Barton, is a book that every Thaddeus Stevens admirer should own. It is not a biography, it is […] ...

An amendment tucked into an infrastructure bill that working its way through Congress could wrest both control — and revenue — tied to Amtrak-related projects such as Penn Station away from New York ...

But going back is precisely what the legislature voted to do, as Tennessee became the first of the former Confederate states ...

Now southern Republicans are annihilating Black political power. For many decades after Reconstruction, southern states ...

Louisiana voters rejected all five proposed constitutional amendments in the May 16 election. One defeated amendment would have provided a permanent pay raise for public school teachers. Other ...

Amendment One would allow the Legislature to remove or add officers, positions and employees to the unclassified state civil service system. Supporters say the change would improve government ...

Alabama is known for having the longest constitution in the U.S., with its word count well surpassing 300,000 words. That may grow longer after this election season. Alabamians will have two ...

In the aftermath of the Civil War, as the United States was grappling with how to stitch itself back together, while still ensuring the soldiers who gave their lives fighting to save the Republic had ...

The nation’s voting rights landscape is in upheaval since the U.S. Supreme Court last week dramatically weakened the Voting Rights Act in its Louisiana v. Callais decision. Several GOP-run states ...