Year ratified: 1913The 16th Amendment was part of a wave of early 20th-century reforms that changed the relationship between the federal government and the citizens of the United States. The enabling of a nationwide income tax played a key role…
Year ratified: 1868One of three amendments designed to protect Black Americans in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the 14th Amendment guaranteed equal protection under the law without regard to race. Like the 13th and 15th Amendments, it created…
Year ratified: 1865The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery—with one gaping loophole: "except as a punishment for crime." When Reconstruction ended, every Southern state installed the brutal system known as convict leasing. For decades following emancipation, hundreds of thousands of Black Americans…
Year ratified: 1804The 12th Amendment was written in response to the peculiar and massively consequential election of 1800, which represented the first time in history that an incumbent, John Adams, was defeated. That defeat resulted in an Electoral College tie…
In 2021, most employed veterans worked in the private sector in nonagricultural industries, with manufacturing, professional and business services, and education and health services appearing in the report as the three most popular industries. About a quarter of employed veterans…
The numbers are more evenly split for women, as 54% of nonveteran women are employed, compared to 56% of veteran women. While employment rates for younger female veterans were slightly lower than the same group of nonveterans, rates for female…
Stacker cited data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to visualize how veterans' employment compares to the rest of the population.
In 2002, Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win his 14th Grand Slam title and the U.S. Open for the fifth time. See more sports moments from this date:
Councilor Hyatt Lytle walks away from the dais during a tense debate about home energy scores.
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