Thirteen members of the 119th Congress are openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ), according to a Pew ...

On February 24, 1868, something extraordinary happened in the U.S. Congress. For the first time in history, the United ... man, but his roots were in the South. "This is a country for white ...

Leading up to launching the government, critical assessments of these men and others ... Continental Congress passed into history. John Hanson became the first American recognized at home or abroad as ...

President Woodrow Wilson facilitated the segregation of a diverse federal workforce, where Black and White professionals had been working together for years.

Last Friday, former President Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land" - so why has it failed to ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We ...