So it was for the Voting Rights Act, the 1965 legislation that protected Black suffrage by neutralizing voter suppression in ...
The Supreme Court ruling said there must be proof that a racial group was “intentionally” disadvantaged. The dissent called ...
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Eighty years ago, on May 3, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East opened its proceedings in Tokyo. The ...
David French and the Supreme Court justice discuss how the ideals of 1776 shaped — and strain — the country today.
Once an outlier on the nation’s highest court, Justice Clarence Thomas has become a towering figure in the conservative legal ...
While John Lewis was beaten in Selma, while Freedom Riders died registering voters in Mississippi, and while President Lyndon ...
His tenure has included multiple ethics scandals, as well as votes that helped roll back voting rights and ushered in ...
Antibiotic resistance is racing toward a global crisis, with “superbugs” projected to cause over 10 million deaths annually by 2050. Now, scientists at UC San Diego have unveiled a powerful new CRISPR ...
NPR's Emily Feng speaks with historian Peter Canellos about the Supreme Court's recent voting rights decision and Justice ...