Watch Night, also known as Freedom’s Eve, is a sacred New Year’s Eve tradition in Black communities rooted in Christian worship and remembrance of Dec. 31, 1862, when enslaved and free African ...

Former Senior Legal Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies Thomas Jipping was a Senior Legal Fellow for the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. State agencies are ...

(RNS) – ‘The film humanizes that history through the stories of brave citizens who defended the right to exercise their most deeply held beliefs,’ explained co-director John Paulson. (RNS) — A new ...

This is Religious Freedom Week, during which America's Catholic bishops call on us to pray, reflect and act to promote religious freedom. But it’s also a time to give thanks. As Catholics, we can look ...

On Thursday, Jan. 16, President Joe Biden will perform one of his last acts in office by issuing a decree extolling the importance of religious freedom throughout our nation's history. For many ...

We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means? We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means? This episode of ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

The world is facing one of the most difficult times in history since World War II—ongoing conflicts, growing security threats, polarization of societies, rising populism, and radical extremism. In ...

The White House’s Religious Liberty Commission held its fourth hearing on Dec. 10, focusing on reports of the suppression of the right to religious freedom in the U.S. military. The commission — on ...

The year has exposed how fragile religious freedom is, even as the faithful strive to survive with courage, hope and ...

It is both ironic and tragic that the Department of State has implemented a massive reorganization, which may have troubling implications for America’s international religious freedom policy. As ...

There is zero room for doubt or argument: The assassination of Charlie Kirk was evil and wrong. Yet in the month since, the Trump administration has used the heartbreaking tragedy as an excuse to ...