A second judge puts a hold on Trump’s birthright order
Trump’s inauguration week order had already been on temporary hold nationally because of a separate suit brought by four ...
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Appomattox: Where America’s Civil War Neared Its End
Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...
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‘It’s going to be a battle every day’ as Boston’s immigrant communities face new federal policies
The federal policies have been met by local efforts to push back on the anti-immigration measures. “For the next four years, it’s going to be a battle every day to really keep our communities safe,” ...
Trump’s second tone: authoritarian, radical and triumphalist in a divided US
US President Donald Trump claimed that “national unity is now returning to America” in an inaugural speech marked by vows to ...
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, by Garrett Epps
The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...
Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful ...
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The Other Side of Sherman’s March
The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...