Nearly a decade after 13th sparked conversations about mass incarceration and the legacy of the 13th Amendment, Ava DuVernay ...

Bedrock civil rights milestones are at risk of withering away under the Trump administration—including in the physical sense.

Ava DuVernay’s ‘14th’ follows her Oscar-nominated ‘13th’ with a timely look at citizenship, belonging, and freedom.

This week marks the 160th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment. Congress, dominated by free state Republicans after the secession of slaveholding states, worked for 18 months to secure ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery—but it still remains legal under one condition. The amendment ...

Billionaire hedge funder and art collector Kenneth Griffin has revealed that he was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, both signed by ...

A handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution signed by Abraham Lincoln has sold at auction for a record $13.7 million. It’s the highest price ever paid for a document signed by ...