December 15 marks Bill of Rights Day, commemorating the 1791 ratification of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights. However, crafting a Bill of Rights was highly controversial at the time.
The disputed Hayes-Tilden 1877 presidential election almost tore the country apart. Instead, it reshaped its postbellum philosophy.
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.
The wildfires that ravaged the Hawai‘ian island of Maui and completely destroyed the city of Lahaina last month have rekindled conversations about the controversial history of how Hawai‘i came to be an American state in the first place.
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.
New York State’s Adirondack Park is the largest state park outside of Alaska, consisting of six million acres of protected land in Upstate New York. Since 1892, these lands have been protected as “forever wild” by the New York State Constitution.
Due to the release of withheld records regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), HeinOnline has added more than 2,600 records to our John F. Kennedy Assassination Collection.
J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, had his security clearance revoked in 1954 in a highly controversial and vendetta charged hearing.
2023 is on track to become the hottest year on record. Let’s take a look at two of our newest databases, Labor and Employment: The American Worker and Water Rights & Resources, to show the effects that climate change have on labor and water rights.
There were five critical issues that were being argued in the Supreme Court during the 2022-2023 term. The Court has issued major decisions that have sparked a flurry of media attention and ignited discussions surrounding the upcoming election.
