Many provisions of the nation’s founding charter have taken on new significance as the president tests the limits of his power.

Explore how the First Amendment protects free speech, its limits in schools, and the balance between educator rights, workplace policy, and accountability.

The entire document is open to the public at the National Archives through Oct. 9. Visitors expressed pride seeing it — and concerns about the nation’s future.

Schools that have shown a “continued pattern of intentional refusal” could have up to 25% of their state funding withheld.

I am terrified! When Donald Trump rode down the escalator to announce his run for president, I said “that man does not want to be president, he wants to be Dictator” Unfortunatly, I was correct. With ...

Martin Baron was executive editor of The Washington Post from 2013 to 2021, and previously held the top editor position at ...

Stephen Miller was apparently calling the shots in the Trump administration’s lethal military strikes on Venezuelan boats ...

On this day in 1789, the Bill of Rights was sent to the states for ratification. With the right to free speech still hotly ...

The most relevant question to ask when public figures engage in noxious behavior is whether the behavior was caused by ignorance or mendacity; whether they acted as they did because they didn't know ...

From statehood in 1803 until 1821, the most common type of school was the “subscription” or pay school, which most families ...

The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free ...

The Supreme Court’s 2025 term could carry major rulings on voting rights, campaign finance, executive power and transgender ...