This Martin Luther King Day requires more than service. It is about resistance. Democracy is not self-sustaining, it demands we act.

Too many Americans are quick to claim their rights as citizens without recognizing that these rights come with responsibilities. These two concepts are inseparable. You do not deserve your rights ...

The deadline is approaching for high school students from Bloomingdale, Roselle or Medinah to enter this year's VFW Voice of Democracy Scholarship Competition. Local students must submit their entries ...

Following the events of Jan. 6, 2021 — when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol building in an effort to interrupt the certification process of the 2020 presidential election — experts began to ...

PITTSFIELD — Fiona Clary, a ninth-grade student at Miss Hall’s School and daughter of James W. and Sheela S. Clary of West Stockbridge, has won several first place awards in the Veterans of Foreign ...

The "Christian nationalism" movement is coming and should "terrify" Americans concerned about democracy, according to a Tuesday guest essay in the New York Times. Writer and author Katherine Stewart ...

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) sponsors an annual Voice of Democracy essay contest of which some 230,000 students compete across the United States. United High School’s Ben Battaglini entered this ...

Pieces published by both The New York Times and The Atlantic on Monday argued that America’s current election process is problematic and should be altered. The New York Times piece, a guest essay ...

“Why Is The Veteran Important?” is the theme of this year’s Voice of Democracy Patriotic Audio Essay Competition sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary which ...

Each year, thousands of students tap into their patriotic feelings through patriotic written and audio essays through the ...

Emmalee M. D’Aniello, daughter of Chris and Anne D’Aniello of Great Barrington and a senior at Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, is the first place winner in the Veterans of ...