Police may make an arrest if they have probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. But what if an arrest for which there is probable cause is really designed to punish a citizen for exercising his right to free speech under the 1st Amendment? On Tuesday the Supreme Court rightly ruled that at […]

Over the last two years, the world has heard much about sexual harassment in the entertainment industry. The revelations then spread through other high-profile industries as well, including politics, tech and publishing. But there was barely a peep about what low-wage workers were being forced to endure. We feared that public interest in rooting out […]

The simple, striking design kicked off the search for a bicentennial flag, but when time came to vote, it was nowhere to be seen.

As commencement speeches go, this one was definitely not a snoozer. Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith told the Morehouse College graduating class of 396 seniors — to their total surprise — that he and his family would wipe out their student debt. The graduates of the all-male historically black college in Atlanta took a minute […]