Biden ends discriminatory immigration bans
President Biden has revoked an executive order and three proclamations that restricted immigration visas for people from many Muslim and African countries.
Media freedom is important. Here’s what you can do.
Journalists are threatened worldwide more than ever before, yet a free press is key to a healthy, equitable society.
They abandoned their wheelchairs and crawled up the Capitol steps
The "Capitol Crawl" protest for disability rights on March 12, 1990, might have been the single most important catalyst for the passage of the...
3 cases that show what free speech means
These U.S. Supreme Court cases — about inciting crime, printing falsehoods and using obscenity — put Americans' belief in free speech to the test.
China’s woman shortage creates an international problem
China's ratio of marriage-age men to women stands at almost 3 to 1, bidding up bride prices and fueling prostitution in neighboring countries.
What does it mean for a right to be inalienable?
Some rights are given by governments, but the most important ones, inalienable rights such as religious freedom, are the rights every human is born with.
Why protect offensive speech?
The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment includes the right to say unpopular things and "hate speech," and it gives that right to everybody.
China coerces Uyghur women into unwanted marriages
In China's Xinjiang province, many Uyghur women face an impossible choice: marry a Han Chinese man or face imprisonment in an internment camp.
Chinese censorship is a global problem
China has the most repressed internet of anywhere in the world, according to a new report. Even people outside China aren't safe.