The nation’s observed birthday—July 4th—always brings forth what passes for modern day “patriotism”: prominent displays of the flag...
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As Americans think about the meaning of the Fourth of July, what do they think they are celebrating? Independence from England? Perhaps. But we needed to win a war for that to become a reality. As revelers light up fireworks, are they thinking about the birth of the United States? Again, perhaps. But were we really united? From 1776 until 1787 we were really 13 separate states held together by a fragile document called the Articles of Confederation. We were not very united at all. Recently, we had a decision from the Supreme Court that stated an injunction in one federal district was not honored nationwide. Is anything honored nationwide anymore? States differ on so many issues. Some have...
The nation’s observed birthday—July 4th—always brings forth what passes for modern day “patriotism”: prominent displays of the flag...
Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern recalled an era in which the U.S. Supreme Court could take a few months off and have a kind of summer vacation....
Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern recalled an era in which the U.S. Supreme Court could take a few months off and have a kind of summer vacation....
Concentration camps are often compared to prisons, but that comparison is inaccurate. In the United States, inmates arrive in penitentiaries only...
Concentration camps are often compared to prisons, but that comparison is inaccurate. In the United States, inmates arrive in penitentiaries only...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) alleged that President Donald Trump's administration got "caught lying" on Iran. Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) alleged that President Donald Trump's administration got "caught lying" on Iran. Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on...
Black citizenship was non-existent for the first 200 years that enslaved and free people were present in what became the United States. Even...
Edward D. Vargas, Associate Professor, School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University; Jason L. Morín, Professor of Political Science,...
We who call the United States home are preparing to celebrate the country's star-spangled semiquincentennial next year ‒ not just with flags and...