Why America’s first Department of Education didn’t last
The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, by Garrett Epps
The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...
Civil Servants Are Not America’s Enemies
Donald Trump is waging war on the civil service in the name of efficiency. But Washington created the modern civil service to ...
Walking through history and Savannah’s stories of slavery
A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.
Teen Vogue29d
Trump’s Inauguration Is Ushering in a New Redemption Era of White Power Politics and Violence
Literally. They lost their right to exploit, enslave, and subjugate entire groups of people after the Civil War. Never mind that President Andrew Johnson pardoned Confederate soldiers ...
The Root12d
Presidents Have Rarely Been Pals to Black Folks, But These Got Big Things Done For Us
Donald Trump is elbowing his way to the table of hate occupied by the likes of Andrew Jackson ... Greeley in 1862 at the height of the Civil War. “My paramount object in this struggle is ...
MSNBC25d
Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 insurrectionists turns the Founders’ vision on its head
Shortly before the end of his term, President Andrew Johnson pardoned all the Confederate soldiers who fought in the Civil War. He took this action, he wrote, to “renew and fully restore ...
The Courier-Journal24d
Biden’s pardon of Jan. 6 committee may be controversial, but it’s not a first | Opinion
Other presidents such as Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, James Madison, Andrew Johnson and ... help efforts in the War of 1812, to promote national reconciliation after the Civil War and draft dodgers ...
Austin American-Statesman24d
Trump declared Jan. 20 Liberation Day. Liberation from what? | Opinion
The Civil War freed 4 million enslaved people ... On Dec. 25, 1868, President Andrew Johnson issued a full pardon to all former Confederate soldiers who had participated in what he called ...
The Boston Globe24d
Presidential pardon power shouldn’t include amnesty
Monday’s pardons by two presidents violate the spirit of the pardon power and suggest the need for constitutional reform to eliminate presidential amnesties. After outgoing President Joe Biden ...
National Geographic news29d
America’s inaugural traditions date back centuries
Typically celebrated with parades and balls, Inauguration Day is not just pomp: After bitter U.S. elections—and even during the Civil War ... Adams in 1829 and Andrew Johnson in 1869.