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 ...

The plaint heard during the French Revolution is still widely applicable today. But perhaps even more pertinent would be a variation: “Oh, democracy, what travesties are perpetrated in thy name!” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1948 radio host Drew Pearson held an essay-writing contest with a $5,000 prize. The winner was a now Sun City resident’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

"It was more of giving a thanks for them serving and doing what they did even if they never got that thanks when they got back," said Siri Corson about her essay on why veterans are important. Siri ...