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 ...

One of Larry McClellan’s favorite stories he researched as he was putting together his new book about freedom seekers and the Underground Railroad involved a group of bounty hunters in pursuit of ...

Decades before abolition, enslaved people sued for their freedom in court and won. But today, the only freedom suit most people are familiar with is the case of Dred Scott. So why don't we know more ...

The Burning of the Château d’Eau at the Palais-Royal, 1848, by Eugène Henri Adolphe Hagnauer.(Corbis / Getty) One of the more contentious issues to emerge during America’s Covid-19 crisis concerns the ...

Freedom in the United States is a word that has had more than one meaning. It has meant freedom for some people and the repression of others. In a democracy, freedom also means the right to take part ...

It’s by far the most resonant word in the American political discourse—and for decades, Democrats let Republicans own it. No longer. Let’s talk about freedom—because Kamala Harris certainly is, ...

As we prepare to celebrate the founding of this nation, let’s keep this in mind: Religious liberty is fundamental to American society. It protects freedom of conscience, allowing individuals to live ...

Freedom is once again the central theme of Skinner’s new book, Liberty as Independence. A work of history that seeks to pinpoint exactly how long the older republican notion of liberty prevailed ...