Students at Johns Hopkins University debated political decisions playing out in the U.S. Their emotional discussions reveal ...

Revisiting the origins of American democracy. By Jill Lepore. In 1938, if you had a dollar and seventy-two cents, you could ...

The moral principles and self-correcting mechanisms of US democracy are the beacon and timeless tools of struggle for ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

What can Americans of good will from left and right do for the coming anniversary? They can turn to the text of the ...

The flag, he told NPR, “is a symbol of what we aspire to be as a democracy.” Douglass was not speaking in disdain of our nation. It was hope that fueled him.

"Indepedency," an exhibit with flags related to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, is at Southampton Arts Center through ...

What it means to be an American, and the independence woven into the fabric of this country, was on the minds of many this ...

How have our shared visions of American ideals influenced the meaning of patriotism? How has this definition evolved over ...

The term “American exceptionalism” gets bandied about a lot, often being confused with flag waving or braggadocio. Perhaps the best definition was provided by the late newspaper columnist Charles ...

The No Kings movement could learn from the women on both sides of the strife in Northern Ireland who formed formed a new ...

On June 14, more than 1,000 local demonstrations will challenge President Trump’s North Korean-style military parade for his birthday with our defense of democracy. The 14th is also Flag Day and ...