Two hundred forty-nine years since our country declared its independence from the crown, the United States finds itself ...

On July 4, 1776, the U.S. declared independence from British rule—a journey echoing India's own freedom struggle. Both ...

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress prohibiting ...

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

India and Pakistan signed a peace deal after the end of the 1971 war. The conflict ended with Pakistan’s defeat and the ...

After a weekend of setbacks, the Senate will try to sprint ahead Monday on President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks ...

The cell phone appears to be just another example in a long line of money-grabbing grifts for the president. Trump’s long ...

Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing ...

In the case, the justices were asked to consider whether South Carolina can to block Planned Parenthood from receiving ...

On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal ...

In the citizenship case, the justices voted 6-3, with the liberals in dissent, to limit the lower-courts’ preliminary ...

"Now we're back to before the civil rights bill passed, in my definition," said John Boyd, founder of the National Black ...