On Jan. 6, rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol building and disrupted democracy in action — in the name of saving the United States of America, so-called land of the free, from an election that was ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

“My life belongs to me.” This is a foundational natural right, a statement of a moral principle, which means that it applies to all people. You are the owner of your own life and recognize others’ ...

Freedom is a concept as old as time itself. It’s something that resonates deep within the human spirit, and that manifests itself throughout history in countless struggles for liberation. But it is ...

In a landscape where Black viewers are swearing off depictions of slavery and Black pain in their media, Keke Palmer and Common made the bold choice to turn the slave narrative on its head. Their new ...

On May 6, Anand Giridharadas set off a bit of a firestorm in a “Morning Joe” preview of his “Seat at the Table” monologue: There is a primordial American tradition going back to the Founders of being ...

Poet and critic Maggie Nelson explores the concept of freedom in the areas of art, sex, drugs and the climate crisis. (Photo by Harry Dodge) Review by Meara Sharma At the start of her new book, “On ...

Tyler Stovall writes white freedom is "the belief (and practice) that freedom is central to white racial identity, and that only white people can... On Jan. 6, rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol ...