Justice

Prisons have been controversial since their beginnings in the late 1700s — why do they keep failing to live up to expectations?

Asian Americans have been both the victims and perpetrators of racial discrimination.

When the war in Ukraine finally ends, will we take peace organizations and peace movements more seriously?

She’s mostly remembered for one famous speech. Her actual legacy is far greater than that.

Theresa Malkiel fled persecution in Russia and ended up in a New York sweatshop.

It’s a chance to spotlight the challenges for women, especially mothers, in the workplace.

Barbara Smith, a key contributor to contemporary Black feminist thought, formed the Combahee River Collective to address Black women's interlocking oppressions.

Why did William F. Buckley campaign to free Edgar Smith?

Most Americans probably don’t know this piece of Black history. But they should.

What’s happening amid the coronavirus pandemic is nothing new.

Built on the momentum of earlier struggles for justice, the department store movement channeled the power of store workers and consumers to promote black freedom.

As liberation movements bloomed, they offered a vision of reproductive justice that was about equality, not just “choice.”

Addressing systemic racism and state violence is not enough.

The documentary short “Catwoman vs. the White House” reconstructs an unexpected moment of activism during the Vietnam War.

Restriction and deportation exist in opposition to the political traditions of the African American freedom struggle.

The reasons Black Union soldiers left their army during the Civil war were varied, with poor pay, family needs and racism among them.

Why have historians overlooked the connections between abolitionism and the famous New England cultural movement?

What prioritizing white happiness tells us about race and K-12 education.

A review of three books about Abraham Lincoln, the 14th Amendment, and Reconstruction.

The most influential preacher in the country, Beecher aggressively agitated for the Union to extend complete forgiveness to Confederates.

As Frederick Douglass’s master put it, a slave who learned to read and write against the will of his master was tantamount to “running away with himself.”

The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project explores the meaning of freedom through the example of one extraordinary life.

The US government broke up AT&T's monopoly over the telecom industry through an antitrust case in 1984, leading to a transformation of communication.

Clyde Bellecourt taught Native people that colonizing society is weak because of its sense of superiority.

A correctional officer’s history of 19th century prisons and modern-day parallels. From Sing Sing to suicide watch, torture treads a fine line.

For a century, student activists have demanded a say in their schools.

“The social revolution which is taking place in this country is not an isolated, detached phenomenon. It is part of a worldwide revolution that is taking place.”

For less fortunate New Yorkers, access to safe, adequate heating has never been assured.

A collaborative project by legal scholars sets out to make visible the vast array of legal precedents based on cases involving enslaved people.

A new book traces the tactics of groundbreaking lawyer Constance Baker Motley amid pivotal protests in Birmingham.