Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP-led Union government of diverting attention from ...

The Trump administration is struggling to defend its executive order that purports to end birthright citizenship. Four different federal judges have now blocked the executive branch from carrying it ...

The first military commander to oversee the occupation of New Orleans after the Civil War wasn't all good or all bad. But some things just stuck deeper in the collective memory.

Both Trump and Lincoln treat a group of people as lepers—i.e., Palestinians and blacks—who should be removed from society and denied property rights in their ...

An estimated 450 Black people are buried in unmarked graves in ... whose tombstone is in the cemetery, was born in 1857 as a slave on a plantation in the Manor area. After he was freed, he farmed ...

The Indian economy was in ruins after the Revolt of 1857. In order to pay for military and administrative ... Wilson brought the progressive tax system known as income tax, which obliged people to ...

The 14th Amendment overturned the 1857 decision that denied citizenship to Black people. Scholars say President Trump’s proposal betrays that history. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington ...

An extra 2.3 million people in European cities could die as a result of extreme temperatures — both hot and cold — by the end of the century if countries do not take action to mitigate climate ...

The court remarked on the "gross misogynist brutality" inflicted upon the complainant. The case involves a serving Circle Inspector of Police who was accused by a social worker, also the wife of a ...

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Sandford decision in 1857, which denied citizenship to people of African descent even if they were not enslaved. “A free negro of the African race, whose ancestors were brought to this country ...