BEIRUT (AP) — Sayeh Seydal, a jailed Iranian dissident, narrowly escaped death when Israeli missiles struck Tehran’s Evin ...

After an alleged war criminal was set free, Syrians are questioning whether their new interim government genuinely wants justice after 14 years of civil war. As a result of such doubts, vigilante ...

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirms that several African presidents with lengthy tenures first came to power through freedom movements. Over time, many used harsh tactics to secure their authority ...

He began investigating his father’s involvement in the civil rights movement in the South, which led him to learn about unpunished racist murders and other violent incidents from the time. In 2005, an ...

Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing ...

Making The Civil War: 25 Years Later. Special | 28m 19s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War.

Penn Township author Ron Kirkwood spent 17 days in 2022 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, scouring hundreds of ...

Tennessee honors its proud legacy of service this Independence Day, celebrating the Volunteer spirit from Revolution to ...

Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free. This deliberately delayed news was delivered by ...