To rejoin the Union, Georgia had little choice but to follow the requirements of Reconstruction, even if it did so ...

The 14th Amendment wrote the Declaration of Independence's promise of freedom and equality into the Constitution. Ratified after the Civil War, this amendment transformed the Constitution forever and ...

Ava DuVernay is defending her decision to use artificial intelligence in her new Netflix documentary 14th, which has already ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Zimmytws/Dreamstime.com) The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on birthright citizenship has produced the reaction everyone ...

The movie, I'm pleased to report, exerts the same kind of historical/topical force that "13th" did. DuVernay, while she works in an extremely accessible and mainstream way, has a singular gift for ...

Ava DuVernay's return to the New York Film Festival a decade after her acclaimed film '13th' opened the 2016 edition.

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment echoes that of the Fifth Amendment. The Fifth Amendment, however, applies only against the federal government. After the Civil War, Congress adopted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said "birthright tourism" has "devalued" the 14th Amendment after President Trump called on ...

Premiering at the New York Film Festival, the filmmaker's follow-up to her '13th' tackles birthright citizenship, the Equal Protection Clause and the undoing of the gains of Reconstruction.

After the Civil War, the fight for freedom continued. Learn how the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments ended slavery, defined citizenship, and expanded voting rights. Discover how these powerful changes ...