Constitutions in eight states — Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North Dakota, and Wisconsin — still have language authorizing enslavement and involuntary servitude as criminal punishment. (Photo: Trevor Bexon/Nevada…
Green anoles are less frequently seen near the ground as brown anoles become more prolific, instead evolving to a better suited life in the tree canopy. (Augustus Hoff/WUFT News) She…
UAW President Shawn Fain speaks at the Democratic National Convention in 2024. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance) Who is credited with founding the holiday we celebrated Monday? According to History.com,…
The late Sen. Richard Lugar’s political career spans several decades, starting as a school board commissioner during the desegregation of Indianapolis schools and including his work in Congress dismantling weapons…
Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights field staff member Carlos Ortiz delivered boxes of petitions to the secretary of state’s office in Columbus on July 5, 2023. Advocates behind abortion initiatives…
Blake Tierney walks as part of Little Rock’s SoMa Pride Parade on June 1, 2024. (Christophir Smith/Focus 501) Pink and green painted nails, a long brown wig and three-inch heels…
A charred sign in front of the bridge leading to El Porvenir Christian Camp in May 2023. The bridge was destroyed by the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire, and the camp…
State Rep. Jeff Farnan, a Republican from Stanberry, speaks in the Missouri House during the 2024 legislative session. A well-funded group sought to oust him from his seat with attack…
(Getty Images). What the public thinks the law is can matter more than what a law on the books actually says. So inaccurate or exaggerated reporting on a problematic law…
Demonstrators and members of the Black Womens Collective gather around the Breonna Taylor memorial at Jefferson Square Park on Oct. 3, 2020 in Louisville. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) It…