Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and writer.

The Supreme Court signaled its appetite to pull more teeth from the Voting Rights Act, rendering it all but biteless.

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A woman who poisoned 11 husbands to death over a 22-year period is facing execution in Iran. Kolsum Akbari, 56, ...

Gov. Wes Moore (D) went from political outsider with a compelling story and sorry ratings to a rumored 2028 presidential ...

After spending nearly three decades preaching in two different centuries, James Ingram has stepped away from his pulpit.

For the first time in Quebec, a judge has used a pre-sentencing report that takes into account systemic racism when ...

ANXIOUS ANNIVERSARY — The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago this week. What the law will look like when it ...

Farmers across the country are currently engaged in a frantic struggle to salvage their crops from devastating floods while ...

Although brilliantly sunny, it was definitely overcoat weather when I first visited the recently reopened Notre Dame. Basking ...