Timothy Sandefur explores how individual rights sustain the American Dream. Timothy Sandefur investigates the ways in which individual rights—in particular, economic freedom—maintain the decorum ...

Timothy Lanier’s story of disenfranchisement in Alabama speaks to the reality of the more than 3 million Americans who are denied their right to vote. The Freedom to Vote Act, a transformative piece ...

In 2020, leaders from across the business sector defended the electoral process against unprecedented threats, condemning the violence on Capitol Hill, and calling for a peaceful transfer of power.

The facts are clear: Democracy is backsliding around the world. In 2024, more than 40 percent of the global population was affected by declines in freedom, according to Freedom House. On the other ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. The positive relationship between economic freedom and ...

The good news is that the first 20 years of the millennium saw overall increases in economic freedom around the world—with continuous improvement through the second decade. The bad news is that not ...

July 4, 2026 will mark the 250th anniversary of American Declaration of Independence from England and its king. We chose a different path against tyranny and oppression to pursue freedom and a better ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bitcoin journalist and financial analyst based in London. Thor Halvorssen, CEO of HRF, addressed the forum's aim to create empathy ...

CHICAGO – Growing up in the former Soviet Union, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez’s father and grandparents would listen to Voice of America with their ears pressed to the radio, trying to catch words ...

Thirty-two years into South Africa’s democracy, the promise of constitutional equality continues to clash with lived experience, as millions remain shut out of the economic freedom that was meant to ...

FILE - This is the Voice of America building in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) CHICAGO (AP) — Growing up in the former Soviet Union, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez’s father and ...