The Declaration of 1776 outlined the Founders’ moral vision of a free society; its most important statement: “that all Men ...

The movement was better at critiquing the system than reshaping it. But it has never had this much mainstream political power ...

Long Beach held a ceremony over the weekend to celebrate a community facility at Martin Luther King Jr. Park being renamed after a longtime local civil rights advocate. The ceremony for the newly ...

We've reached the point of the Denzel Watchathon that I think a lot of people have been waiting for. This week marks the ...

"We can't allow the words of the Declaration of Independence to devolve into impotent platitudes. Following the example of ...

The Palestinian activist was locked up in an ICE prison for a year. Now she is rebuilding her life, piece by piece and meal ...

Barbara and Serge Paul-Emile of Berlin were in academia when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated ... and then everything ...

Former President Barack Obama, joined by three former presidents, capped off the opening of his presidential museum in Chicago with a rousing speech. “I hope this center will serve as an affirmation ...

Delivering the keynote address at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago Thursday, it was clear that "hope" is still at the core of President Barack Obama's legacy and mission.

"There's a kind of narcotic effect of those words — free speech," says legal scholar Mary Anne Franks. "It's because we think ...

The former president took the stage after major musicians that included The Roots, Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Vedder.

A look back at Michigan’s impact on the country, now celebrating 250 years, shows that the almost missing piece — the state ...