On December 1, 2023, George Santos was expelled from the House of Representatives by a 311-114 vote, telling reporters, “To hell with this place!” as he exited the United States Capitol. It was a dramatic moment, fitting for such a rare occasion—only 21 Congress members have ever been expelled.
Do you watch the black and white or colorized version of It’s a Wonderful Life every Christmas? Why is there a colorized version—and should there be?
The disputed Hayes-Tilden 1877 presidential election almost tore the country apart. Instead, it reshaped its postbellum philosophy.
On October 25, Mike Johnson was elected the new Speaker of the House after Kevin McCarthy was removed from the position—marking the first time that a Speaker has been voted out in U.S. history. But the journey to replace the Speaker was arduous.
Dred Scott v. Sandford, a Supreme Court decision made in 1857, is largely regarded as one of the most infamous decisions in the Supreme Court’s history. This case determined that people of Black African descent were not entitled to U.S. citizenship.
For this blog, we use “cult” to refer to groups with a leader who exerted an excessive and dangerous amount of control over their followers. Let’s dive into where each of these four cults came from and how they came to their tragic end.
It was none other than HeinOnline’s hometown of Buffalo, New York, where the third assassination of an American president took place on September 6, 1901. In this month’s Secrets of the Serial Set, we explore William McKinley’s violent death.
Millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet, working multiple jobs to make up for the fact that the federal minimum wage has not kept up with the rate of inflation. However, it hasn’t always been difficult to live off of a minimum wage job.
The United States has a dark history regarding its immigration policies. One example of these laws was the Chinese Exclusion Act, which restricted immigration from China for decades after its passage in 1882.
J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, had his security clearance revoked in 1954 in a highly controversial and vendetta charged hearing.
