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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 Amendment (which attempted to ensure the freed slaves the right to vote). Yet, despite that opposition,...

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 Lincoln''s use of a medication in the form of a blue pill for depression contained enough mercury to cause uncontrollable bouts of anger in the President and could have eventually killed him had he not stopped ...

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 'I've 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' When pressed on Biden's view, Psaki said there was a 'history of systemic racism in our countr...