Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters outside of Primanti Bros. Restaurant on Aug. 18, 2024, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Anna ...

The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) has cited the infamous 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, which stated that enslaved people weren’t citizens, to argue that Vice President ...

The "Injustices" series, published by the USA TODAY Network in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative, seeks to confront the realities of racial injustice, reckon with their enduring effects, ...

I believe in embracing our history. Even when it’s discriminatory I believe we should learn from history, remember it and teach from it. Our history happened. Slavery happened. Japanese incarceration ...

Believe it or not, the National Federation of Republican Assemblies is arguing in 2024 that Nikki Haley, Vice President Harris and Vivek Ramaswamy aren’t eligible for the White House. USA Today ...

As the U.S. celebrates Black History Month, the Old Courthouse and the Gateway Arch are presenting a variety of programs and films chronicling the rich heritage of African Americans and honoring their ...

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has released new research on Dred and Harriet Scott, an enslaved couple who sued for their freedom. The Scott's case went to the Supreme Court in 1856, where ...

A Republican national organization shockingly and inaccurately argued that Vice President Kamala Harris is ineligible to run for president, citing a slavery-era Supreme Court decision that ruled Black ...

“We should all be embarrassed by the existence of anyone reaching back to the history of slavery and coming up with the Dred Scott decision and dragging it into the conversation,” Dr. Mary Frances ...