In the first of three analyses, North Carolinians are united on the importance of certain rights and liberties, but the principle of citizenship significantly divides partisans SALISBURY — As the ...

Now that the Fourth of July has come and gone, Americans begin a year of celebration and reflection as we prepare for next year’s semiquincentennial — 250 years since our Founding Fathers courageously ...

Last year was not the proudest year for the American legal profession. The Trump administration took unconscionable and ...

For many of us, Independence Day is about raucous revelries and a vague-but-powerful sense of patriotism accompanied by fireworks, cookouts and an amount of beer some of us will regret when the sun ...

In a recent editorial, John Hall suggests that religion is an obstacle to American democracy — a relic of “magical thinking” that breeds conflict, division, and impedes progress, driven by modern ...

There has been much talk about democracy lately. When we think about democracy’s origins, we automatically point to our 18th-century founding fathers. Yet more than a century before, Adriaen van der ...

The American Bar Association today announced the release of the final report of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy, a two-year, bipartisan effort to address the most pressing threats to the ...

WASHINGTON—As Americans across the nation head to the polls on Election Day, three of the country's most respected voices on law, security, and justice will come together to launch the Task Force for ...

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