Rabbi Soloveichik traces the life of Jonas Phillips, a German Jew who came to America in 1756 as an indentured servant and became a dedicated patriot who fathered of one of America’s most important Jewish families.

In the last week an old conversation about social media fairness as reignited, with those on the right claiming that their views are being suppressed by social media. So in this video, we investigate the claim and discover whether the...

I often get asked who my favourite historical figure is, and I can think of no person who represented the moral endurance and strength of Emma Goldman. Let's hear her story and maybe she'll be your favourite historical figure too.

New York City October 30, 1973 A radio station, owned by Pacifica Foundation, broadcasts George Carlin's "Filthy Words" monologue. You know, the one where he famously proclaimed the seven dirty words that tend to make society the most...

Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times best-selling author, and the President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American...

This video explains the process for determining whether a law is overbroad and thus violating the US Constitution.

American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, the documents...

Unprotected Speech Fighting Words

Robert B. McCaw grew up in a military family traveling the world. After graduating from Georgetown University, he served as a lieutenant in the US Army before earning his JD degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. Upon...

American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video discusses 'The Alien and...

Overbroad and Overbreadth

This Video Explains The Freedom of Religion - Explained

Clarence Brandenburg leads a Ku Klux Klan rally. He invites a Cincinnati TV station out to cover the event. They agree, and film portions of the rally, showing men in robes and hoods, some carrying guns, and others shouting horrible...

Dr. Ben-Porath received her doctorate in political philosophy from Tel Aviv University in 2000. She was awarded two successive Tel Aviv University President’s postdoctoral grants. In 2001-2004, she was a postdoctoral research associate...

Harlan County coal miners in the 1930s went on a labour strike protesting about the conditions. Coal companies and the local police forces put them under. It broke out into civil unrest and Unions were established.

The Women’s Suffrage Procession of 1913 changed how Americans protest – by getting bigger, better and more creative than ever before.

This week the Senate impeachment trial began, with arguments being made on both sides. So in this video we take a look at both cases, explain what's being argued & what the most likely outcome is.

The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. It guarantees all Americans basic freedoms – but those freedoms have always been under attack.