THE UGLY ENDORSEMENT: The New York Times threw city politics into chaos today with a highly confusing and ...

"We'd like to deepen our understanding to help the federal government work with other levels of government and the converse," ...

Index•Synopsis•Ancient Indian Contractual Ethics in the Vedic and Dharmashastra Period•Legal Foundations of Contracts in the Classical Smriti Texts•Kautilya’s Arthashastra and the Secular Regulation o ...

The last time a President deployed the National Guard to a state over the objections of the governor was in 1965, when LBJ sent them to protect Civil Rights marchers in Selma in defiance of Alabama ...

As we consider bringing ballot initiatives to more U.S. states, what can we learn from the past century of experience with ...

At the back of Glasnevin Cemetery, an unmarked grave hosts the remains of Jack Saul, the earliest-born person on the cemetery ...

How caste elites, the RSS, and Assamese nationalism merged to marginalise Muslims and tribes in Assam. A deep dive into ...

Just 40 countries representing 3.5 percent of the world’s population respect all civil liberties, a new study has found, warning that “democracy and human rights are under attack worldwide in ...

The US Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that New York state has violated federal civil rights law by banning Native American school mascots while permitting mascots derived from other ...

Framing is a powerful tool in communications: It can help people grasp complex ideas, but it can also distort or mislead. A recent sociological study suggests that framing social issues as "civil ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

The City of Birmingham is inviting public input on the Birmingham Civil Rights Crossroads project, a planned 3.16-mile urban trail network that reconnects the historic Graymont and Smithfield ...