For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these ...

The Constitution’s 14th Amendment states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State whe ...

“In the 20th century, more broader questions were litigated under the 14th Amendment, like Brown v. Board of Education — whether segregation was constitutional. Cases involving the internment ...

Based on a mystical poem from 1692 by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the 17th-century nun and proto-feminist polymath, “Primero Sueño” (“First Dream”) was conceived as a processional opera ...

The 17th-century nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz summarized this wisdom most succinctly in her well-known quip, “If Aristotle would have cooked, he would have written a good deal more.” The student I ...

It dates all the way back to 1868, when the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment was ratified ... the State wherein they reside.” For over a century, this has been interpreted legally to ...

It’s a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 after the Civil War to assure citizenship for all, including Black people. Trump’s executive order suggests that the amendment ...

Snow is super rare in the New Orleans metro, and so is a priest and three nuns braving the frigid temps for an epic snowball fight. And the battle was caught on camera. The Rev. Timothy Hedrick ...

It’s a move that has been brewing for years. The Washington Post described the order as an effort to “reinterpret the 14th Amendment of the Constitution,” and sure enough, the text includes ...

For Jacob Plocher, the chilly, windy Sunday morning didn't make for the greatest running conditions, but it didn't stop him from winning the 14th Louisiana Marathon. "I feel amazingly awful," said ...