and
justice
for all

I pledge allegiance

  • The Power of the Presidential Oath and How Donald Trump Could Use It
  • How the Pledge of Allegiance Went from PR Gimmick to Patriotic View
  • Florida Student Faces Misdemeanor Charges After Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
  • Be Ready To Raise Your Right Hand
  • Putting Your Hand Over Your Heart Makes You Both Appear And Behave More Honestly

flag

  • Flag Code Section 8: Respect for the Flag
  • Did Betsy Ross Really Make the First American Flag?
  • The Complicated Political History Of The Confederate Flag
  • I am the Flag
  • The History And Meaning Of The Rainbow Pride Flag
  • Flag Raising on Iwo Jima
  • Colin Kaepernick Protests Anthem Over Treatment of Minorities

United States of America

  • 2018 'worst year for US school shootings'
  • The Transformation of the ‘American Dream’
  • Hawaii’s Quest for a New Type of Independence
  • The Revolutionary War
  • Trail of Tears

republic

  • Is the United States of America a republic or a democracy?
  • Stacey Abrams showed why voting rights must be a key issue for Democrats in 2020
  • Separation of Powers: An Overview

one nation under God

  • How a deadly shooting unfolded at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh
  • The Supreme Court Is Quietly Changing the Status of Religion in American Life
  • Alabama Executes Muslim Death Row Inmate Who Sought Imam
  • State Health Officials Take Steps to Ban Conversion Therapy
  • Muslim Travel Ban: Less Immigration And Few Waivers
  • The Legislation Placing “In God We Trust” on National Currency
  • Kazoos and chants drown out Westboro Baptist Church in Richmond

indivisible

  • The American Civil War, a brief summary
  • 9/11 Attacks
  • MAGA-Hatted Teens Harass Native Americans at the Indigenous Peoples March in D.C.
  • #Calexit: Is it possible for California to secede from U.S.?
  • Texas v. White
  • The Founding Fathers Feared Political Factions Would Tear the Nation Apart

liberty

  • The Founding Fathers Feared Political Factions Would Tear the Nation Apart
  • The Emancipation Proclamation
  • Trump Signs Executive Order on Campus Free Speech
  • History of Prison Conditions
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

and justice for all

  • Kavanaugh Is Sworn In After Close Confirmation Vote in Senate
  • Cyntoia Brown is granted clemency after serving 15 years in prison for killing man who bought her for sex
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Me Too
  • Former St. Louis Police Officer Is Acquitted Of Murder In Anthony Lamar Smith Case
  • War on Drugs

We hold these truths to be self-evident

  • The AIDS Epidemic Arises
  • Climate change: How do we know?
  • The Founding Fathers
  • The Revolutionary War
  • Where Does Fake News Come From?
  • "I Have a Dream," Address Delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

all men are created equal

  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
  • Understanding Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” and its casting
  • Reminder: Today isn’t Equal Pay Day for all women
  • Treatment of slaves in the United States
  • The “Three-Fifths” compromise

certain unalienable rights

  • Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act
  • Identifying Immigrant Families Separated At Border Could Take Two Years, Trump Admin Says
  • The Injustice of Japanese-American Internment Camps
  • Jim Crow Laws
  • Me Too
  • Brown v. Board of Education Verdict
  • March from Selma to Montgomery, "Bloody Sunday," 1965
  • Reproductive Rights

Life

  • Black Lives Matter
  • Capital Punishment in the United States
  • March for Our Lives: Mission Statement
  • Two children have died in US border custody this month
  • Shooting of Philando Castile
  • Roe v. Wade

Liberty

  • Trump Signs Executive Order on Campus Free Speech
  • Mass Incarceration
  • Henry Urges Colonists to "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!"
  • Zero Tolerance and Bias Reinforce the School-to-Prison Pipeline
  • The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

pursuit of Happiness

  • Affirmative Action: Overview
  • The real college crisis: Student debt drags down economy
  • US Supreme Court rules gay marriage is legal nationwide
  • The Immigrant American Dream
  • Social Media's Age Of Happiness
  • U.S. Supreme Court won't step into Mississippi HB 1523 law fight

We the People

  • The Scope of the Native American Genocide
  • How America's Past Shapes Native Americans’ Present
  • The Founding Fathers
  • Overcoming Barriers to Citizenship
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

a more perfect Union

  • The American Civil War, a brief summary
  • The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s
  • US Supreme Court rules gay marriage is legal nationwide
  • Make America Great Again

establish Justice

  • Me Too
  • Former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar sentenced to 40 to 175 years for sexual assault
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Amendment VI
  • Watergate Scandal
  • Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds
  • Black Lives Matter

insure domestic Tranquility

  • Man who drove into Charlottesville protest, killing Heather Heyer, convicted of first-degree murder
  • Domestic Violence & Firearms: Gaps in Federal Law Leave Abused Victims Vulnerable
  • Pentagon Authorizes $1 Billion Transfer for Mexico Border Wall
  • More Than 37,000 Visa Applications Denied In 2018 Due To Trump’s Travel Ban
  • Police killings hit people of color hardest, study finds
  • 'Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough.' Gun Control Advocates Demand Action After Texas Shooting
  • War in Iraq Begins

provide for the common defense

  • The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
  • U.S. Armed Forces Overview
  • Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund Border Wall
  • Should Teachers Carry Guns?
  • What Is the War Powers Act?

promote the general Welfare

  • In Colorado, a Clinic for Refugees Thrives on Medicaid
  • Understanding SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  • Juliana v. United States
  • New Deal
  • 6 Quick ObamaCare Facts
  • Planned Parenthood: Who We Are

Blessings of Liberty

  • Trump Signs Executive Order on Campus Free Speech
  • The Revolutionary War
  • The Injustice of Japanese-American Internment Camps
  • Treatment of slaves in the United States
  • Trail of Tears
  • Amendment XIII
  • "I Have a Dream," Address Delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Constitution

  • Bill of Rights of the United States of America
  • Who Wrote the Constitution?
  • Judicial Review
  • Marbury v. Madison

United States of America

  • Is the United States of America a republic or a democracy?
  • The Founding Fathers Feared Political Factions Would Tear the Nation Apart
  • Separation of Powers: An Overview
  • Colin Kaepernick Protests Anthem Over Treatment of Minorities