In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

The laws cited by California preserved the right to openly carry guns, which state courts said was clearly protected by the ...

Two journalists are challenging a law that threatens press freedom in an attempt to ban misinformation. In the height of the ...

President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuela is the latest in a long saga of U.S. intervention in the region that is ...

Maya Keleher’s performance at the Academy of Music traces Paul’s Jersey roots and brutal protests while urging theatergoers ...

Ascendant during the Reagan era, originalists argued that the Constitution should be interpreted according to its original ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter was published Nov. 7, 2025, at KnoxNews.com. It garnered a number of responses, which can be read below this one. Women's suffrage has been an unmitigated disaster ...

This Day in History: Supporters of Pres. Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol after he refused to concede election, Jan. 6 ...

Pipeline Playwrights runs down the rivalries in the run-up to women’s suffrage. It’s My Party! opens on an empty table, center stage, filled only with the disembodied voices of congressmen. “Yay.” ...

A proposed "Keep Nine" constitutional amendment would permanently set the number of Supreme Court justices at nine. Supporters argue the amendment is necessary to prevent "court-packing" for political ...

The 19 th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920, roughly 105 years ago. Nevada was among the earliest states to pass it, in February of 1920. Roughly 100 years later, in ...

Free speech advocates, lawyers and experts from around the world gathered at Vanderbilt University in Nashville for the Global Free Speech Summit. There was disagreement among some speakers over the ...