In that moment it seemed possible that we can be one country again — not despite the people who are coming from all parts of ...

Ironically, the Pledge of Allegiance, which today is most fiercely defended by white conservative Southerners whose Confederate ancestors tried to destroy the United States in the 1860s, ...

The pledge of allegiance is a relic from an America drastically more archaic and complacent than the one we live in today.

Unfortunately, Barnwell’s experience is far from unique. It’s just the latest chapter in the long controversial history of the Pledge of Allegiance, a 31-word exercise in performative ...

Seventy one years ago – December 22, 1942 – Congress got the United States out of what had turned into an unexpectedly embarrassing situation. It concerned the Pledge of Allegiance ...

Before swearing in the senators of the 119th Congress, Harris led the pledge and accidentally mixed up its famous opening words, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America ...

The Pledge of Allegiance is an act of performative patriotism rooted in nativism and bigotry. After 9/11, many more states began mandating it in schools. Skip to main content.

For well over a century, the Pledge of Allegiance has been a pillar of America’s national identity. New evidence has emerged, though, to indicate that perhaps the man who pledged that he ...

"I pledge of allegiance to our human family, and to all the species that we protect. One Earth, indivisible, with long life, education and justice for all.

A bill recently filed by North Carolina Republicans would compel public schools to devote time each day to reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Most people who have attended public school in North ...

Seventy one years ago – December 22, 1942 – Congress got the United States out of what had turned into an unexpectedly embarrassing situation. It concerned the Pledge of Allegiance ...