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Analysis by Ronald Brownstein By the standards Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have set for federal action on voting rights, the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution — two pillars of the post-Civil War effort to ensure equality for all Americans — would never have become law. Every Democrat in Congress at the time voted against both the 14th Amendment, which sought to guarantee all Americans (including the freed slaves) equal treatment under the law, and the 15th Ame...

Voting rights: What Manchin and Sinema can learn from the Lincoln Republicans CNN 15 hrs ago Analysis by Ronald Brownstein © Hulton/Archive/Getty Images 377869 16: (FILE PHOTO) A photographic portrait is displayed showing Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Retired physician and medical historian, Norbert Hirschhorn wrote a study that suggests Lincolns use of a medication in the form of a blue pill for depression contained enough mercury to cause uncon...

Police investigating shots fired overnight into state Capitol building in Hartford.

Hmmm. So over there at my old stomping grounds at CNN, my own former Pennsylvania United States Senator Rick Santorum and my former CNN colleague Don Lemon got into a dust-up.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke on Wednesday during a virtual convention She shared her own experiences of racism growing up in Louisiana Ive seen for myself how the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles, Thomas-Greenfield said in the meeting  She also discussed the KKK burning crosses on lawns when she was a child  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended Thomas-Greenfield and said President Biden is proud to have her in that position W...

March 15, 2021 The nation billing itself as a “worker’s paradise” has become the largest driver of slaves in the world. When we speak of slavery in Communist China, we do not mean it as a metaphor. Red China is practicing real, modern-day slavery — holding people in bondage and forcing them to labor for someone else’s benefit. Western society has largely ignored the problem for the same reason we turn a blind eye to all sorts of atrocities out of Red China: we like to buy the cheap st...

Historically Speaking: Our part in history By Barbara Rimkunas In June of 1835, the newly formed New Hampshire Anti-Slavery Society met in Concord. Among the many resolutions passed was this: “Resolved, That this Society earnestly recommend to all its auxiliaries, to circulate, as soon as practicable, in their respective vicinities, petitions for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and forward the same to Congress, at the opening of the next session of th...

“ Big protest in DC on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” Donald Trump tweeted on December 19, a week after his would-be Brown Shirt followers rioted in the streets of Washington to protest the “stolen” election. When Der Tag – the climactic day of battle arrived – Trump assembled his true believers on the South Ellipse at the White House for a “Save America” rally, waving them up Pennsylvania Avenue as his army to nullify the congressional...

Near the steps of the Capitol, as Trump’s shock troops prepared themselves for the assault on the citadel, they built a bare but dramatic monument to their revenge fantasy: wooden gallows with steps leading up to a swinging noose. Smashing their way through the windows and doors of the Capitol, they rampaged in a mad dash, breaking furniture, slashing paintings and looting offices. One of the invaders roamed through the corridors carrying a large Confederate flag, the first and only time that...

But i never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave. i think slavery is the next thing to hell. [ dogs barking ] >> though some escape their chains, the american government, dominated by the southern slave power, make sure that true freedom for african-americans remains out of reach. >> welcome to the barnum hotel, sir. >> dred scott is a u.s. slave who is persuaded to sue for his freedom on the grounds that he had been in free territory for 5 years. the supreme court finally rules aga...