A church connected to Lucy and Lois, documented as the final two enslaved people sold in New Haven in 1825, recently held a ...

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

Maryland lawmakers have approved a measure to create a commission to study and recommend potential benefits as reparations ...

Montgomery Parks and Recreation Department is hosting its annual Summer Program Registration Event on April 5 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Oak Park, 1010 Forest Ave. This event will offer family-friendly ...

Peacefully marching in the streets is a constitutionally guaranteed form of free speech. It has been described as a “living petition,” an animated declaration or an appeal to authority. It is also a ...

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 ...

Now, the task force is pushing legislation that would establish a commission to help provide resources, funding and support ...

Trump has repeatedly called April 2 “Liberation Day,” with promises to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from ...

In 1988, Georgia became the first state to outlaw the death penalty for intellectually disabled people. The U.S. Supreme Court followed in 2002, ruling that executing intellectually disabled people ...

With the players association’s new collective bargaining agreement, the National Women’s Soccer League became the first major ...

A pill used in most U.S. abortions has been ensnared in politics for years, and many Americans wonder whether it will be ...

A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 ...