To Beyonce’s soundtrack, Vice President Kamala Harris announced her campaign in an ad that used the word "freedom" four times. She framed her messages about the economy, gun violence, and abortion as ...

Negative freedom (also known as liberal freedom) is freedom from interference. There can be a master (a king, central authority, government, etc.), but as long as the master is benign and does not ...

Over a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age. But his work also raises the question: free for what? “Free from what?” Friedrich Nietzsche has his ...

Samuel Gompers, the first president of the American Federation of Labor, advocated making Labor Day a national celebration. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) When we ponder Labor ...

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