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

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

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

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

Freedom is once again the central theme of Skinner’s new book, Liberty as Independence.A work of history that seeks to pinpoint exactly how long the older republican notion of liberty prevailed before ...

President Trump's commitment to parental rights echoes the Founding Fathers, as we mark the centennial of Pierce v. Society of Sisters and its impact on education.

The reference point for this imagined Superbowl game is the centuries-old debate between the political philosophies of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704), which I will get to ...

Natural rights are rights that individuals possess by nature rather than by law or convention. Rights belonging to all human beings universally also are termed human rights, a phrase often ...

John Locke’s philosophy of property rights, outlined in his Second Treatise of Government, emphasizes the natural right to property as arising from labor and usage, regulated by the principle of ...

Did John Locke Believe in Capitalism? Some scholars of Locke point to his writings on the social contract, the value of labor, and a person’s natural rights to life, liberty, and property as ...

John Hood is a John Locke Foundation board member. His latest books, Mountain Folk and Forest Folk, combine epic fantasy with early American history (FolkloreCycle.com).

John Hood is a John Locke Foundation board member. His latest books, Mountain Folk and Forest Folk, combine epic fantasy with early American history (FolkloreCycle.com).