States sued Congress for lowering the voting age. The case went to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of states. That led to the 26th Amendment.

There were firsts on the other sides, too: Three amendments call for rolling back abortion bans ... banned travel for those ...

Christian nationalists, part of Trump’s base, are working to pull the country in a direction scholars agree isn’t very ...

The Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the war between Hamas and Israel, and related articles. A deeper view that unites ...

Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, ending an abortion ban imposed by Republican officials more than two years ago.

When you think about spending one day in Virginia, you might picture a day in Virginia Beach, Richmond, or Charlottesville. But these cities aren’t the only ...

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona voters have approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access up to fetal viability, typically after 21 weeks — a major win for advocates of the measure in the ...

The amendment got about 56% of the vote. Amendment 3 would have allowed adults 21 and older to buy and use up to three ounces of marijuana without facing any criminal or civil penalty. While it got ...

More than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters in 10 states are deciding whether their state ...

Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

I still believe Jefferson and Washington, though flawed, were highly evolved for their time. I also believe that if every ...

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states, “No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property, nor deny to any person equal protection of the law.” It also granted citizenship to ...