Two closely related words that animated the call for independence from Great Britain were liberty and freedom. Those two words called not only for independence from the then-governing power but ...

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” As our nation celebrates ...

The United States Constitution remains one of the highest protections of individual freedoms; however, these rights remain frequently ignored, eroded, or denied despite protections for current and ...

I have been holding a vigil for three months at Dempster Street and Ridge Avenue, where the Beth Emet synagogue is located, displaying signboards to passing traffic and the occasional pedestrian. My ...

Editor: “Liberty and Justice for all,” I remember that as a kid; must have said it a thousand times. Really believed it but I can’t say I believe it now. We had a lot of demonstrations back then, ...

In his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, Martin Luther King Jr. called for civil and economic rights and an end to legalized racism in the United States. Today, I look back on that era. I was in college ...

I am not sure when I first learned the pledge of allegiance to our American flag. I did not attend kindergarten though most of my friends did. So I guess I learned it in first grade at Robert E. Lee ...

Spectators watch a Juneteenth Parade in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 2021. Contributor Juneteenth represents the long-delayed freedom of enslaved Black people in the United States. But Juneteenth isn ...

Protestors gathered with the call out to "stand united for liberty and justice for all" at Memorial Park in Omaha on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Protestors hold the flag of Mexico on the pedestrian ...