Given events of the past year—like the police shootings of Black Americans, the debate over whether the United States is systemically racist, and the New York Times’ 1619 Project— it’s no surprise ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A coalition of clergy is asking for an apology from Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith for his recent comments about the Three-Fifths Compromise in the original United States Constitution. They ...

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Counting slaves as three-fifths for census purposes was better than counting them as whole for precisely the reason the reader lays out: it diminished the power of slave holders by reducing the number ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Micah Beckwith, now Indiana's lieutenant governor, speaks to a crowd on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Greenwood. (Casey ...

Constitution Day is today. The U.S. Constitution is a document that evolves with the times. Constitutional inadequacies and societal injustices are challenged, and social progress is the result.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – Leaders in Indiana from both the statehouse and the churches are calling on the governor to denounce controversial comments the lieutenant governor made online. In April, Micah ...

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Lafferty (R) gave an impassioned speech on the state House floor Tuesday, saying the Three-Fifths Compromise was included in the Constitution "for the purpose of ending ...

An essay by Emory President James Wagner has stirred controversy on campus and across the campus. The essay and his apology can be read here: www.emory.edu/EMORY ...

Weekend Edition guest host Don Gonyea talks to Leslie Harris, associate professor of history at Emory University, about the controversy triggered by Emory President James Wagner's praise for the ...