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A look at the American public's ambivalent opinion of the death penalty.

Are day fines a possible solution for the U.S. criminal justice system?

How "secondary confessions" lead to false witnesses in testimonies.

While women's prisons historically emphasized the virtues of traditional femininity, the conditions of these prisons were abominable.

Although in-person voter fraud is close to nonexistent, it’s a big concern for many voters.

Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” has lost a bit of its protest oomph—in part because of a decades-long denial of its later verses.

How can we help students understand George Floyd's death in the context of institutionalized racism?

Ten lessons from the past and steps we can take now to educate ourselves and our students about how to be a thoughtful consumer of information.

From battles to expand the franchise to the mysteries of turnout, voting is one of the most important things to understand about U.S. politics.

After a massive factory fire in 1911, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to stage a "symbolic funeral."

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