Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters outside of Primanti Bros. Restaurant on ...
A historical marker honoring a prominent abolitionist who fought for his freedom was unveiled in Rock Island. QC PastPort and ...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas offered this opportunity for Solicitor General John Sauer to explain how the 14th ...
When Dred and Harriet Scott brought their petition for freedom to the courthouse in 1846, few people noticed. At the time, their legal claim of “once free, always free” enjoyed court precedent in ...
As the country celebrates its 250th birthday, we turn to an essential question - what does it mean to be an American? In a landmark ruling last week, the Supreme Court said almost all babies born on U ...
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The "Injustices" series, published by the USA TODAY Network in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative, seeks to confront the realities of racial injustice, reckon with their enduring effects, ...
A Republican national organization shockingly and inaccurately argued that Vice President Kamala Harris is ineligible to run for president, citing a slavery-era Supreme Court decision that ruled Black ...
“We should all be embarrassed by the existence of anyone reaching back to the history of slavery and coming up with the Dred Scott decision and dragging it into the conversation,” Dr. Mary Frances ...