Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts made a name for himself as an advocate of liberal causes. His outspoken support of abolition and the rights of emancipated blacks, and his calls for punishment ...

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In May 1856, Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner rose on the Senate floor to denounce the law that opened Kansas to slavery. In excoriating one of the bill’s architects, South Carolina’s Andrew ...

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A new book says polarization breeds impunity. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media organization ...