Feb. 03 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1690, Massachusetts Colony issued the first paper money in America. In 1783, Spain recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain. In ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifteenth Amendment was ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up January 7 marked the sesquicentennial of the Missouri General ...

The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of three Reconstruction Amendments. The first two were ratified in 1865 and 1868, respectively. The 15th Amendment was a milestone for civil rights. The amendment ...

Less than half of the world’s people live in functioning democracies, but we do. We live in a country where we get to vote and where our votes matter. We can celebrate that privilege tomorrow, Feb. 3.

Liberty Amendments Month 2024 begins on June 15, highlighting history, citizenship rights and culture as they relate to the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. These ...

“The event to be celebrated is one of the most memorable in the world’s history. It is no light thing to lift into the body politic four million people heretofore as a class, robbed of the products of ...