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The First Amendment prevents the government from doing a whole lot of things. We tend to focus on the freedom of speech, but the First Amendment also protects other, equally important freedoms, among them, “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” The right to assemble, protest, and gather is the neglected younger sister to the free speech clause. As the Supreme Court lavishes attention

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, top European and other diplomats discussed the Syria conflict with senior Iranian officials this weekend, as diplomatic efforts to find a political solution to the war geared up on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

With the Syrian conflict well into its fifth year and the costs and deadly toll of the war mounting, Western officials

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said President Donald Trump is the first racist president in U.S. history, a statement that overlooks numerous presidents who either owned slaves or were overtly discriminatory toward racial minorities.

During a virtual town hall organized by the Service Employees International Union on Wednesday, Biden responded to a question about President

Friday, Twitter agreed to pull racist tweets after a French organization threatened to sue. The company has resisted efforts to police its content. But hate speech is illegal in many European countries, and anti-hate groups there are grappling with how to deal with the challenge of social media.