"Stanislaus County prepares for special election on Prop. 50," (modbee.com, Sept. 29) As an opponent of gerrymandering, I welcomed the 2008 decision to have an Independent Commission draw California's ...

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From the brutal bondage of slavery to the barricades of the Civil Rights Movement, from the ballot boxes of Reconstruction to the protest power of Black Lives Matter, Black Americans have cultivated ...

Despite an uncertain path, standing up for your convictions is a “leap of faith” that former President Barack Obama insists is worth making. With such heightened political turmoil today, the question ...

At the Democracy Project today, we’re running a special feature essay from Caleb Nelson, the Spies Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and former law clerk to ...

After a decade and a half of brutal conflict, the Syrian Civil War ended with Bashar al-Assad’s ouster at the hands of a rebel faction. What began in 2011 as peaceful protests during the Arab Spring ...

When an opinion aligns neatly with popular interests and affiliations, politicians defend it with broad, sweeping critiques of any potential censoring efforts. When opinions align with opposing ...

It was no secret that Robert Reed often clashed with the writers and producers of The Brady Bunch; in 1972, in the middle of the show’s run, he gave an interview with the Courier-Post where he ...

Usually, it’s the teacher’s job to tell hot-headed students to temper their inappropriate behavior. In Barrington, we just saw the opposite. A social studies educator there – and co-president of NEA ...