Born in the Danish West Indies and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, Judah Benjamin moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, became a successful lawyer, owned a plantation and 140 slaves, rarely ...

Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson explains the history of birthright citizenship and who the 14th Amendment was ...

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved ...

During a 3-day trip to Charleston, I was able to see most of the top attractions the city had to offer without feeling like I was being rushed to see every single thing. These are my recommendations ...

In 2018, the last year for which data are currently available, the proportion of people in the U.S. under 18 years of age was ...

Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch March 17, 2025 Click here to read highlights from the story A behind-the-scenes effort to force ...

Catawba Nation Chief Brian Harris said in a written statement the developer is trying to “ramrod” a casino into South ...

South Carolina is one of 18 states that joined a Supreme Court brief supporting an executive order to end birthright ...

As the Supreme Court gathers arguments against President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, South Carolina has picked a side. Attorney General Alan Wilson of South […] ...

Mikal Mahdi, convicted of murdering an Orangeburg police officer, is scheduled to die on April 11; he's among 26 people awaiting execution ...

The Trump administration is taking its effort to redefine birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court, a step the South Carolina attorney general said could provide ...