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Famous summits from U.S. presidential history

Voting by mail faces uncertain moment ahead of midterm elections

Election workers sorting mail-in ballots at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters office on October 21, 2024 in San Jose, California.

How local governments are partnering with crime scene cleanup companies

A pressure wash cleaner working on a dirty brick wall.

Inside the movement to professionalize election administration

A photograph of Lydia McComas, 28, the new city clerk in Madison, Wisconsin, decided in college that she wanted to be in the election administration field.

The invisible labor of women who love incarcerated people

An inmate gives his daughter a hug and kiss during Father's Day at Joe Kegans State Jail's visiting hall.

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7 moments of Asian American and Black American solidarity

Frederick Douglass portrait; excerpt from speech; Lim Lip Hong Family Portrait from Chinese Exclusion Act investigative file

Impact of the English Common Law on the United States

The Middlesex Guildhall, a court building housing the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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Women's suffrage, but for whom? These 10 Black suffragists fought for the vote before—and long after—the 19th Amendment

Women register for the National Association of Colored Women convention, Los Angeles, August 1952.

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19 Black historical figures you probably didn't learn about in class

Jane Bolin, the first Black American woman graduate of Yale Law School and the first Black American woman judge in the United States.

‘We opened a door nobody knew existed’: How displaced Black families won reparations in Portland

Elizabeth Fouther-Branch and Bobby Fouther stand in front of their great-aunt’s house in 1956 (left) and in a parking lot near where the house used to stand in 2020 (right).

‘We the People’ includes all Americans – but July 4 is a reminder that democracy remains a work in progress

Demonstrators hold signs during the We The People March in Los Angeles, California.

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19 photos of Juneteenth celebrations over the years

Youngsters join in dance contest at a Juneteenth Celebration.

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IDs through the ages: How people have proven their identity over time

A digital fingerprint scan.

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The history and significance of Juneteenth

People participate in a Juneteenth celebration in Fort Greene park.

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50 facts and figures about D-Day

Second Lieutenant Walter Sidlowski on Omaha Beach, Normandy, after helping to rescue a group of soldiers after their landing craft sank on D-Day.