On this day in 1875, Mississippi state senator Charles Caldwell was assassinated by a mob of white men in Clinton, just west of the state’s capital in Jackson.

President Donald J. Trump's 2025 Executive Order restricting birthright citizenship has prompted new interest in the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment'

Whatever success I can claim as a published author is the result of editors at academic publishers believing in and supporting my projects.

D.G. Martin – a lawyer and UNC System administrator turned author and book reviewer – died on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at his home in Chapel Hill.

Here is the press release: Washington, DC (December 5, 2025)—American Enterprise Institute (AEI) President Robert Doar and Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies Yuval Levin announced today that Ben Sasse has joined AEI as a nonresident senior fellow. His work will focus on higher education, innovation, technology, American history and culture, and national security. “As a United States senator and university president, Ben Sasse has been an important and creative contributor to the national debate.

Prior to the American Revolution, the urban centers of colonial North America had little direct experience of war. With the outbreak of violence, British for...

Whichard was the only man in North Carolina’s history to serve in the state House, Senate, Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court.