This guest essay reflects the views of Michael Finnegan, a retired health industry magazine editor and public relations professional who lives in Fort Salonga. Human beings are not born equal in ...

Two-and-a-half years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, the enslaved people of Texas learned — via the victorious Union Army — that they were liberated. It was June 19, 1865, when U.S.

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Freedom and democracy are not gifts, they were established through great effort and maintained by much vigilance. It is a matter of honor being an American citizen upholding our Constitution. Our ...

A sculpture in Wexford, Ireland, by Eamonn O'Doherty, called 'Fuascailt,' commemorates the 1798 rebellion. Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen ...

“We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result.” The man who spoke the above words was president of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marianne Schnall is a journalist who amplifies women’s leadership. Top row, from left: Fatima Goss Graves, Ai-jen Poo, Stacey ...

Imagine being Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish existentialist. The command to "love your neighbor as yourself" was not confusing for him. It was a challenge—a deeply personal and moral imperative. For ...

Freedom is a word that turns up with embarrassing frequency in rock-and-roll songs. How we love to free-associate about freedom. On occasion, we’re good for a “Chimes of Freedom” (at least Bob Dylan ...