We understandably think of slavery in terms of the brutal terms of which it consists. But it can also be properly understood by what it lacks: freedom—over where someone can work, can live, can move.

The political right today is marked by a deep conviction that its freedom stands imperiled everywhere. Social distancing measures and face mask requirements, conservatives argue, impinge upon their ...

Paul Mullen’s Independence Day column (“You’re not as free as you think”) raises real concerns about liberty — but it presents a narrow and selective view of freedom that misrepresents both our ...

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In “On Freedom,” Timothy Snyder looks at what kinds of societies help people thrive. The Holocaust scholar Timothy Snyder argues that freedom means more than absence of restraint.Credit...Robert ...

Turning 21 is not really about what I have the authority to do, but more about being smart of what I choose to do.