What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.
In late October, 1929, share prices on the NY Stock Exchange start to plunge. No one knows why. In 5 days the gains of 5 years are wiped-out, and peop...
A "buy now, pay later" method of credit is introduced to the stock market as "buying on margin." How did this affect the market?
Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885. A leading suffragist, she fights hard to give women the right to vote.
As the day of the parade draws closer, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns meet Inez Milholland.
Mary White Ovington (1865-1951) became very concerned about civil rights in America after she heard Frederick Douglass speak in a Brooklyn church duri...
The Roman Republic lasted for about 500 years. In a nutshell, what do we know about its form of government?
This image depicts the tally of electoral votes for the election of 1800 where Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received 73 votes. As a result of ...
This image depicts some of the tea which was thrown into Boston Harbor on the 16th of December, 1773, during an event known as "The Boston Tea Party.
A Brooklyn penny-candy-store owner (named Morris Michtom) was so intrigued by a 1902 political cartoon (featuring Theodore Roosevelt with a bear cub) ...
For the 19th Amendment to become law - and give American women the right to vote - it needed the support of 36 states.
After the Civil War, federal troops returned to Texas. It had become a much-more volatile place during the years they were away.
When the Bolsheviks came to power, during the Russian Revolution, they were led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
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