The United States' celebration of Independence Day reminds us Founding Fathers faced much greater challenges than we do today ...

Douglass delivered his speech amid profound national divisions. At stake was the stark contradiction between America’s stated ...

The Declaration of Independence, which Abraham Lincoln called the “sheet anchor of the republic,” spurred the articulation of ...

The American vision has a high degree of tolerance for inequality and a robust commitment to individual liberty, because in the American revolutionary tradition, the pursuit of happiness is an ...

Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.” ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

The only reason Jefferson could call certain truths 'self-evident' is that he was living in a world shaped by Judeo-Christian ...

A Summer Reading List for America’s 250th Anniversary. On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the ...

Iran has launched its annual observance of “American Human Rights Week” to review decades of systematic human rights ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He is a powerful figure in the Middle East ...