As more and more pro-life Americans realized they still had to win the battle for hearts and minds in order to restrict and ...

The story of America is, in many ways, the story of The First Amendment. And when it comes to free speech, our standards are ...

As the world celebrates Austen's 250th birthday, scholars share what makes the patron saint of marriage plots more popular ...

Dinah Nevil came to the city in 1773 and insisted on freedom for herself and her children. And jump started the nation's ...

In newly formed Black congregations, the famous abolitionist and others were able to live out their faith—and affirm their ...

These are critical questions, yet this panel, with its setting at a four-year public university, also highlighted a key contradiction: While some on the right and left dive into prison reform and ...

Samuel Johnson's wife, Jennett, promoted the abolitionist movement from the family home. "They were very close to William Still, the 'Father of the Underground Railroad,'" says Swinson.

Founded by abolitionists in 1865, The Nation has chronicled the breadth and depth of political and cultural life, from the debut of the telegraph to the rise of Twitter, serving as a critical ...

How Harriet Beecher Stowe Turned Public Opinion Against Slavery. Learn how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin sparked national debate and changed how many Americans understood slavery.

The administration of President Donald Trump is considering stripping the name of a famed abolitionist with Central New York ties from a U.S. Navy ship that had previously been named in her honor.

They discuss American sexual exceptionalism, the legal definition of “prostitution” vs. the modern conceptions of sex work, the late 19th century’s new abolition movement and racial ...