The Declaration of Independence names “the pursuit of happiness” as an unalienable right, alongside life and liberty. By including the pursuit of happiness, Thomas Jefferson altered John Locke’s claim ...

Policies of mass deportation threaten the hope of refuge in a country that claims to value justice, family, and liberty.

To borrow from one of the greatest speeches in American history: Two hundred fifty years ago, "our fathers brought forth on ...

What exactly are Americans celebrating this Fourth of July? Two hundred and fifty years after the Declaration of Independence proclaimed that all people possess inalienable rights, we now live under a ...

Turner was one of many Black parents whose demands for their children’s freedom defined the scope of the 13th Amendment’s ban ...

When the five-person committee that drafted the U.S. Declaration of Independence declared it to be “self-evident” that there was a right to “the pursuit of Happiness,” what manner of happiness did ...

Thank you to The Oregonian/OregonLive for putting the Declaration of Independence on the front page on July 4. We should all take time to care about it. Just as important as the famous words about our ...

As America emerges from its 250th anniversary, it is worth recalling what made the American experiment exceptional in the first place. The formula was never especially complicated: Our rights come ...

The Fifth Amendment is part of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights and protects against self-incrimination.

The recent Trump-Xi summit has heightened curiosity over the United States’ commitment to human rights in China and to confronting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over abuses from forced organ ...

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine discounted the belief that human rights originate with God, arguing that it is a view held by nations governed by Islam's Sharia law. Kaine made the remarks during a ...