In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and ...

Federal judge in New Hampshire stayed the order for seven days to allow the Department of Justice to appeal. He called ...

This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the ...

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship and “equal protection under the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina became the 28th state to ratify the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which, in part, made freed people United States citizens for the first time. When South ...

Two monumental achievements that happened on July 9th shaped America's promise of equality, achievements that remind us why ...

In a June 27 ruling, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to partially halt nationwide injunctions ...

The Constitution unambiguously and unequivocally establishes birthright citizenship. Those who do not wish the children of ...

A rising wave of racist violence in the South prompted President Ulysses S. Grant to legal and military action against the Ku ...