Constitutional scholar and Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar is on a professional crusade to encourage Americans to understand the U.S. Constitution. He is writing a three-volume narrative ...

Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a fierce advocate for racial & gender equality. Born into slavery, she became a leading voice against lynching and fought for women’s suffrage, even marching in the 1913 ...

The recent arson that destroyed Beth Israel, Jackson, Miss.'s only synagogue, recalls that state's dark history of violence toward those supporting racial equality — one stretching back more than 60 ...

A federal judge has blocked certain federal agencies from requesting citizenship status when distributing voter registration forms.