House Bill 306 would set up Ohio's first Hate Crime Act, making it a crime to terrorize someone because of certain listed ...

At One Acadiana’s Legislative Outlook in Lafayette, LABI and PAR leaders break down five May 16 ballot amendments impacting judges, schools and taxes.

In 1954, an unusual ally helped President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeat a constitutional amendment to curtail presidential ...

American democracy has been dramatically remade roughly every 60 years: the 1770s, the 1830s, the 1900s, the 1960s. Each time ...

The proposals in the Arizona Legislature have generated alarm among civil liberty groups and activists who see First Amendment rights in jeopardy.

Known as the “godmother of civil rights,” Dorothy Height fought not just for racial justice but for women’s equality.

These Iowa siblings were suspended for protesting the Vietnam War at school. They took their case to the Supreme Court — and ...

Before Democrats get on the high First Amendment horse, they should reflect a little on the decadeslong war they fought ...

The phrase ‘separation of church and state’ dates back to a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist congregation.

Today, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam R. Telle announced a major initiative, “Building Infrastructure, ...

When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in the middle of the Civil War, he was not just changing ...