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.
When Mamie Till-Bradley sees the disfigured body of her son, she orders the funeral director to put a glass top over the remains but to keep the coffi...
Emperor Meiji (1852 - 1912) was also known as Meiji the Great. He ruled Japan from February 3, 1867 to the day he died on July 30, 1912.
Star of "Boardwalk Empire," Nucky Thompson becomes "the virtual dictator" of Atlantic City by protecting people engaged in the business of Prohibition...
Acting on behalf of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor and nephew of Catherine of Aragon, Eustace Chapuys sent many letters to Charles describing the K...
Hacktivism - using digital technology to further political objectives for or against a topic - is a growing 21st-century phenomenon. What are its roo...
During the days when the Federal Court had jurisdiction over Indian Territory, many people hanged on Ft. Smith's gallows. The National Park Service te...
From Imperial Russia to a Midwestern American town, the Third Imperial Easter Egg has an amazing history.
Jefferson won the 1800 election, the federal government's program of excise taxes on Americans was abolished, however the role of government is still ...
In his oral history, Jack Delano tells us how he became a photographer with the Farm Security Administration.
The First Amendment guarantees all Americans the right to freely express themselves.
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention issued a report on the 13th of September, 1787 preparing for the first federal elections.
Vorkuta, in Russia's northern climes, was once home to a Soviet-era forced labor camp.
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