Unalienable rights, as declared in the Declaration of Independence, are fundamental human entitlements. Discover the profound ...

The Washington Post/ Political attacks on higher education are escalating as we approach next year’s 250th anniversary of the ...

The American Revolution went hand-in-hand with an economic revolution that transformed human political and social, as well as commercial life, and continues to unfold.

Throughout that first treatise, Locke excoriated the divine right of kings. For him, rights of “life, liberty, and property” were incompatible with a divine right to rule.

As we prepare to celebrate the founding of this nation, let’s keep this in mind: Religious liberty is fundamental to American ...

The convention had just reached its monumental high point, and the 40-year-old attorney from Massachusetts excitedly wrote ...

In Australia, the announcement landed quietly, buried in the technology pages of newspapers. The scant column inches ­devoted ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed a bill that would repeal an interim greenhouse gas reduction mandate for power ...

The bill "walks back our state's commitment to reduce carbon emissions, sending the wrong signal to businesses that want to ...

When Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, we imagine fireworks, flags and a dramatic reading of the Declaration of ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship — the characteristically New World notion that being born on a country’s soil is enough ...