This article describes how protest has been a powerful tool for change that should be protected, while governments are attempting to restrict people’s right to protest. It provides specific examples of protests around the world and their results.
This document provides general guidelines for protestors, as well as answers to specific problems a protestor may encounter.
This article provides definitions for assemble and petition, and how they differ from speech.
This article unpacks petitions–what they are, why we use them, how they work, and their legal requirements.
This chapter describes the history of the freedom of assembly in the United States, from the colonial era to more recent times.
This chapter describes the history of petitioning the government in the United States. It includes a brief case study about the blocks on petitions for abolition in Congress in the 1830s.
Each and every taxpayer has a set of fundamental rights they should be aware of when dealing with the IRS. The IRS provides those rights, and its obligation to protect them, on this webpage.
This resource describes the different tax types that governments rely on to fund priorities like infrastructure, national defense, and social insurance program. This resource also discusses how the U.S. federal, state, and local governments raise revenue.
The IRS provides this set of 38 Understanding Taxes student lessons. They are divided into two content areas: the Hows of Taxes and the Whys of Taxes. The Hows of Taxes shows students how to apply tax principles, while the Whys of Taxes explains tax history and theory.
This timeline explores the history of taxation and reactions to it in the United States.
