Charleston, South Carolina became the ignition point for the U.S. Civil War when Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter, ...

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Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

In the months since Trump's inauguration, the government has scrubbed and removed information about Black historical figures and other minorities from a number of its websites.

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Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

(The Conversation) — Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

Today, advocates in what I have called the “new abolitionism ” focus on the prospect of executing the innocent, racial discrimination in capital sentencing, and the financial costs associated ...

Teachers, students, parents and members of the community took part in the fifth annual Teach Truth Day of Action Saturday at Salem’s Waterworth Memorial Park. About 30 participants stood against ...