Conservatives in America have, in recent months, used the idea of freedom to argue against wearing masks, oppose vaccine mandates, and justify storming the Capitol. They routinely refer to themselves ...

My post last night discussed the way in which the vapidity of news coverage is not so much a reflection of the sorry state of the media as it is a reflection of problems ingrained within our culture ...

In May, I finished my term on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. I offer some thoughts for action going forward that I believe could help promote religious freedom internationally ...

The dictionary definition of intellectual freedom is: “The fundamental right to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas from all viewpoints without restriction, censorship and fear.” That’s ...

Ever since Protagoras brandished the philosophical motto that “man is the measure of all things,” thus declaring man’s personal freedom an unlimited absolute, sages and philosophers have been ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s most famous speeches was his “Four Freedoms Speech” — freedom of ...

Since that first anniversary when enslaved Black people finally received news of the Emancipation Proclamation, Juneteenth has been a celebration of freedom, independence, and possibility. The annual ...

President Biden is flipping the script on Republicans by casting himself as the protector of “freedom,” going on offense by using a word and concept conservatives have frequently cited to push back on ...

If you ask 100 Americans how they define freedom, you'll get 100 different answers — and there might be fewer similarities than you'd think. The concept seems simple enough, but there are so many ...

The idea that the individual’s freedom to think from and for themselves is “knowledge” and, moreover, a higher knowledge than that of the assumed “experts” – identified as functionaries or agents of ...

There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about freedom of speech. The text of the First Amendment establishes this freedom. Here’s the text: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia students’ ideas of freedom will be celebrated as part of the statewide “Expressions of Freedom” competition and preserved in a London time capsule. Students in third to ...