A UChicago legal scholar examines how forced labor persists in U.S. prisons—and what it will take to change the system ...

An Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, as well as a copy of the Emacipation Proclamation, are heading to ...

Stacker examined historical documentation to explore Juneteenth's history and significance and to confute the most egregious ...

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution ... article or amendment. We the People of the United States, in Order to ...

Rare copies of both the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment will be auctioned off in Sotheby’s upcoming books ...

and even the stability of the United States Constitution.” President Kennedy agrees. Asked what he thought about the amendments, he replied: “The efforts will come to nothing, and I will be ...

Stacker collected images of Juneteenth celebrations over the years that showcase how the holiday has changed, from 1970 to ...

Americans will celebrate their next public holiday on Thursday, when 19 June is commemorated as Juneteenth across the US. The holiday was created after Congress passed a bill on the subject in June ...

Today, hundreds of languages are spoken in the United States. The total number is hard ... in Pennsylvania and New York, the Constitution had to be translated into those languages during the ...