SCOTUS just took it from those who need it most Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a 6-3 decision ...

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As America approaches its 249th birthday, many scholars, writers, and ordinary Americans are prompted to review the nation’s ...

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This Fourth of July marks the 249th anniversary of Independence Day, but there are several dates that are related to ...

Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress ...

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The Lost Peace' by Jay Winik. The most serious attempt to evade America's Civil War was probably doomed to fail, said Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker. But that effort at reco ...