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The Fourteenth Amendment. Of all the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 14th is a big one. It'
The Sixth Amendment. Most of us take it for granted that if we're ever in court and we can't afford
In 1966, the governing body of the Olympic track and field event started mandatory examinations of a
The Second Amendment. In April 1938, an Oklahoma bank robber was arrested for carrying an unregister
The First Amendment. Book bans, disinformation, the wild world of the internet. Free speech debates
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The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet over 10 percent of people – n
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Today, the U.S. popular music industry is worth billions of dollars. And some of its deepest roots a
One day in late April 1958, a young economist named Madeleine Tress was approached by two men in sui
Since October 7th, the term Zionism has been everywhere in the news. It's been used to support Israe
In 1923, an Indian American man named Bhagat Singh Thind told the U.S. Supreme Court that he was whi
International courts investigating alleged war crimes have made headlines often in recent months. An