Free land claims have a long history in the U.S., going back as far as the 1862 Homestead Act that granted citizens and intended citizens government land to live on and cultivate. However, the ...

Incidents of travelers being denied entry into the United States in recent weeks have sparked concern over what to expect at ...

Many people have described the United States as “a nation of immigrants ... your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” “The New Colossus,” her poem inscribed on the Statue of ...

First introduced in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment has met the requirements for ratification. But its constitutionality is still an open question.

They wanted to appease the government in the hopes of retaining some of their land, and they wanted to protect themselves from white harassment. As a result of the treaties, the United States ...

In the United States, the number of motor vehicles has significantly outpaced population growth, and car owners are driving longer distances than ever before (Dunphy, 1997; Daniels, 2001).

In 1854, amid ongoing U.S.-Mexico tensions after the war, the two countries finalized an agreement for the United States to pay Mexico $10 million for 29,670 square miles of land in what would ...