For what it’s worth, skedaddle is a real word. It’s an intransitive verb that means to leave immediately. Trump has a ...

Personal freedom should always be coupled with the responsibility to fight for the freedoms of everyone else in our ...

This July 4th, amidst the hot dogs and fireworks, let’s talk about what freedom really means. Not the bumper-sticker version ...

As America approaches the midway point of this decade, we can agree that it has been one heck of a year. Following the news ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill discusses the Declaration of Independence and what inspired the Founders to ...

This is a failure, not least because the government has managed to turn public transit and city sidewalks into filthy ...

Touted as one of the greatest presidential speeches in American history, Ronald Reagan’s words on the Fourth Of July in 1986 in front of the Statue of Liberty are as relevant today as they ever were: ...

This Fourth of July, while most celebrate freedom, the father of 19-year-old hostage Itay calls for action to bring home his son and 49 others still held by Hamas after 637 days.

To me, freedom isn't a promise handed down by the powerful. It's a practice we fight for every day in our communities, in the workplace, and in the halls of power that were never built for us.

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what Independence Day means to them.

WJCL's Lydia Blackstone and Dan Scott were invited by the US Navy to go on the adventure of a lifetime -- a trip aboard the ...

The album, out on 7/11 from Blue LLama Records interweaves classic poetry with timeless music. We spoke with Harris about the ...