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“War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Ignorance Is Strength.” So wrote George Orwell in “1984,” his famous dystopian novel about authoritarianism. The book gave us the term “Orwellian,” describing situations where facts are ignored, truth is turned on its head, and 2+2=5. Now, almost 75 years after its publication, the United States is confronting its […]

The attorneys said their client needed more time to adequately prepare a defense, as guaranteed by Powell v. Alabama.

“War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Ignorance Is Strength.” So wrote George Orwell in “1984,” his famous dystopian novel about authoritarianism. The book gave us the term “Orwellian,” describing situations

What a special guy Donald Trump must be to highlight a pivotal case of the Civil Rights Movement in his time of trouble.

The Scottsboro Boys have no place in cynical Orwellian court filings from criminal defendants like Donald Trump.

Carolyn Bryant Donham isn't the only white woman whose lie put a Black life on the line.

Whether the people who sent them were talking to the right people or the wrong people, they changed the world itself by not letting their feelings go unvoiced.

Stacker examines just some of the struggles and triumphs African Americans have had each year over the last century.

UNION — Joyce M. Linscott, 81, died July 23, 2022, at the Crawford Commons in Union, Maine. Born in Hope Maine on April 26, 1941, she was one of five children of LaForest and Hattie Creamer Linscott. She was educated in local schools. Joyce lived...