Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, last week outlined his views on judicial appointments and cited a well-known case over school-led recitations of the ...

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Every day after the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance someone at Sabold Elementary School in Springfield, Pennsylvania would proclaim, "God bless America." But that patriotic tradition has come ...

The Pledge of Allegiance is a forced display of performative patriotism rooted in nativism, bigotry, and salesmanship. Originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892, the pledge was written as part of ...

Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, who is running for the GOP presidential nomination, reiterated his refusal to sign the party’s pledge to support its nominee and argued that he’s following the lead of the ...

I walked into the one-room schoolhouse just as the schoolmaster was leading the children in the Pledge of Allegiance. “Face the flag with your right hand over your heart, and then, as we say my flag, ...

On Monday, Oct. 5, at an elementary school in Washington County, Ark., Will Phillips, a precocious 10-year-old who had been promoted from third to fifth grade, refused to join his class in standing ...

In the past few years, a host of different pledges have popped up that individuals, companies and other types of groups and organizations can partake in order to show their support for or take action ...

The Facebook CEO’s multibillion pledge to make the world a better place is a shining example of business as a force for good, argues Paul Cash, CEO at Rooster Punk As Thornton Wilder once said: “Money ...

Others might say that letting our children have a choice in whether to stand or kneel during the pledge will let them build their own reasoning about the pledge in the future. This is a valid claim ...