In the Jim Crow South, activists became martyrs at the hands of white racists, all for the just cause of using the vote to ...

The President of the United States isn't always the most popular candidate. Here's a look at the 5 times the Electoral ...

Lincoln’s assassination, and the ineffectual leadership of his successor, Andrew Johnson, enabled the Congress to control ...

Using state power to enforce social orthodoxy is always a recipe for disaster. Radical Republican governments in the post-war ...

With presidential polls still showing a virtually tied race 24 hours before Election Day and thousands of votes yet to be ...

The job is not done and will not be done until every child born in America believes that they have the opportunity to become ...

The United States’ European allies are bracing for an America that’s less interested in them no matter who wins the ...

as of early voting returns. Below are the projects included on each of the four bond propositions. Descriptions appear as ...

The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest ...

One 1/8-cent sales tax currently benefits improvements to the American Bank Center arena. Under the proposition, city ...

The vote went to the House of Representatives ... agreed to let Hayes be president in return for ending Reconstruction. In a rather nasty contest between Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland ...