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Slavery, the Constitution and Jan. 1, 1808
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Jan. 1, 1808, a law passed by Congress and eagerly signed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 went into effect prohibiting the foreign slave trade.
Why GOP lawmakers fear ‘divisive concepts’
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs a kid, I consumed histories and biographies like my peers read comic books. It didn’t matter what era it was. If a story was well-told, I devoured it....
Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoVintage Revolutionary War print of General George Washington praying at Valley Forge Getty...
Liberals Had a Dream to Fix the Supreme Court. It’s Time to Admit the Truth.
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThis is part of How Originalism Ate the Law, a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined...
Under the baobab: Celebrating Juneteenth, Father’s Day, acting achievements and more
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHappy Father’s Day as we remember our two fathers, Lionel and Francis. Both served in three wars —...
Opinion: White nationalism is attacking racial equity. All who believe in liberty must act
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 10 months agoKevin McGruder is an associate professor of History at Antioch College. The era that we are...
Optimism in a Time of Doomsaying
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFrom the Techne on The Dispatch (Picture via Getty Images) Editors’ note: We hope you enjoy this edition of Techne, a new newsletter by Will Rinehart...
Freedom Towns: A Vast but Largely Forgotten Movement of Black Self-Rule
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPhoto: Eatonville, Florida; Stephen Vincent/Alamy If you sit on the bench outside Natural Beautiii...
American Law Feels Utterly Broken. We Can Actually Do Something About It, Though.
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThis is part of How Originalism Ate the Law, a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined...
‘The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic’ Review: The Dream That Died
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF In 1872 John Lynch became the first African-American from Mississippi to be elected to the...
