When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the United States and Western Europe devoted much diplomacy and foreign aid to helping the former USSR and the countries of Eastern Europe develop civil society ...

From the lunch counter to the ballot box to Selma marches to the Black Panthers, the Civil Rights Movement (roughly 1954–1968) birthed icons and pioneers who helped change the l ...

The Lancet recently published two important contributions on legal accountability.1,2 Both were triggered by the 2025 landmark advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate ...

Nothing to fear’ or ‘removing civil liberties’? Digital ID plans spark fierce debate among Independent readers - YOUR VIEWS: Our community is split on government plans for a compulsory digital ‘Brit ...

Disagreement and debate are the cornerstones of our republic. Our system is built to withstand differences and, more ...

A new statewide town hall series, People vs. Big Tech: Vermont, is bringing clear, practical conversations about data privacy ...

Provision would let the Secretary of State deny or revoke passports over alleged “material support” as critics warn of thought policing and unchecked authority.

The woman at the center of the ruling deeming it legal for women to be topless in public has long struggled with mental ...

Political tensions abound this Hispanic Heritage Month, after the Supreme Court granted ICE the power to continue its patrols ...

HELLO. MY RELATIVES. CHANT WASH DAY NA CHANT IS MY HEART AND I BASE MY HAND. NOT CHOOSE CHAPEL HILL AS I GREET YOU WITH A HEARTY HANDSHAKE. MY MOTHER IS HUNKPAPA LAKOTA AND MY FATHER IS AFRICAN ...

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously ...