Beyoncé's embrace of the U.S. flag during her “Cowboy Carter” stage shows may be confusing to her critics and her fans.

But for a lot of Americans, the celebration, and the flag itself, are more complicated than that. That’s the question that Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in show, is setting out to tackle this ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

The demographics of gun ownership are changing, with a huge uptick in Black and Latino people, women and members of the LGBTQ ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship — the characteristically New World notion that being born on a country’s soil is enough ...

For nearly 50 years, the Mountain States Legal Foundation has been using the courts to keep big government at bay. Now, the ...

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what Independence Day means to them.

From fear of the future to love for community, Lexington opens up about what patriotism really means this holiday weekend.

You invoke the Constitution while making a mockery of its most basic promise: that all are created equal. You claim the ...

Brothers in Law is a recurring series by Professors Akhil and Vikram Amar. For more content from Akhil and Vikram, please see ...

Katherine Parker, a student at Eastern Maine Community College, says an opinion paper on the Second Amendment she wrote for a class was met with pushback from a professor.

BANGOR, Maine (WMTW) – A community college student says she was discriminated against based on political views. Katherine Parker, a student at Eastern Maine Community College, says an opinion paper on ...