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Op-Ed: Leave abortion law to the states? Just look at the Fugitive Slave Act to see how that will go
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoState legislation of abortion could easily create similar issues to the complex relationships...
South Jersey had multiple stops on the Underground Railroad. Where are they?
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNOTE: This story originally appeared online Feb. 8, 2022. Many people know the story of Harriet...
Opinion | The States Will Soon Be at Each Other’s Throats Over Abortion
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn May 24, 1854, Anthony Burns, an enslaved man who had escaped from Virginia, was arrested in Boston. According to the terms of the Fugitive Slave Act, enacted in 1850, enslaved people who ...
Federal appeals court hears case of hidden murals at Vermont Law School
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal appeals court in New York is considering whether a law school in Vermont modified a pair...
California slavery reparations task force sends final report to uncertain fate in Legislature
Politico via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California task force Thursday presented its first-in-the-nation attempt to...
5 Things podcast: Will California's Black reparations to address slavery pass?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn Sunday's episode of the 5 Things podcast: The issue of reparations is complex and often...
Op-Ed: It may be impossible to codify Roe. Here's what Congress should do instead
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe current Congress won't codify Roe vs. Wade. It should preserve access to abortion by enacting a...
Anti-abortion lawmakers and activists want to punish care in other states
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn 14 July, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would ensure a legal shield for abortion patients...
The 1539 Project: Why Black Midwest and Iowa history matters
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTO READERS: An earlier version of this essay gave the wrong date for Nikole Hannah-Jones' speech at Iowa State University. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from Waterloo ...
Eagle Pass tensions are 'unprecedented,' but it isn't 'civil war'
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTexas’ actions restricting Border Patrol’s movements are "quite unprecedented," said Stephen...