Strange artifact at Civil War battlefield is skin from alligator that attacked a soldier during the battle over Vicksburg, Mississippi, National Park says.

Trace the real causes of the American Civil War in this first part of a detailed historical series, covering the key events and tensions from 1819 to 1861. Uncover how decades of political ...

The Free Speech Coalition is represented by Quinn Emanuel, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Texas. This case is a part of the ACLU’s Joan and Irwin Jacobs Supreme Court Docket. The ...

With Their Bravery During World War I, These Daring American Women Doctors Proved Their Might to Folks Back Home As their right to vote was debated in the States, a remarkable group of 74 ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and the Community Justice Project filed a federal class action lawsuit challenging ...

The resounding success of the civil rights movement was in largely convincing American society that racism was wrong. But its citizens never agreed on how best to correct racism’s harms.

The myth of magic soil, however, inverts this truth, claiming instead that there is no real definition of “an American” save one who lives on American soil.

We describe this phenomenon as an underappreciated “double power law” of American innovation. First, federal research funding, distributed widely and without rigid priorities, produces breakthrough ...

Iran-Israel conflict leaves Iranian Americans feeling helpless, hopeless Iranian Americans with loved ones in Iran fear reignited war and say conflict could endanger those living in the US.

Gabriel Gutierrez, the former Austin police officer who fatally shot Alex Gonzales Jr. during a 2021 off-duty road rage encounter, took the witness stand this week in a civil trial stemming from ...