When the Declaration was signed in 1776, it marked 13 distinct rebellions across separate colonies.

When the American Revolution broke out, the American colonies were perhaps the least-taxed place on earth. How did this ...

As the countdown begins to the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, what principles can unite these United States?

Evan Osnos on how the rise of the ultrarich—and their increasing detachment from reality—could be the downfall of democracy.

Through its numerous statements and decisions, the Trump administration is breaking with the American hegemony that has long ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

Less than six months into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration’s foreign policy has generated ...

General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, ...

Mark Hill is determined to put copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution inside every school in America.

And that has all kinds of implications for who people see on a day-to-day basis, and the simple fact that those who share ...

A document beginning, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident,’ meaning obvious, kindles something new: The American spirit.

Regardless of Oval Office revisionism, Americans should never forget that their nation was forged in resistance to political ...