Being a Virginian made Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone ...

For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under ...

The bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence began early for many Americans. On a chilly December morning in 1973, a reenactment of the Boston Tea Party, sponsored by the City of Boston, ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

Social trust is crucial for capitalism and vibrant democracies. And when those systems weaken, as they are now, it’s calling ...

A course on the contested meanings of the Declaration of Independence has never been more relevant—or more politically ...

One of Iran’s leading human-rights defenders warns that authorities there will turn on their own people to consolidate power ...

The talk of another round of demonstrations on Monday, July 7, brings to mind the first demonstrations held in various parts ...

On June 23, the Supreme Court “stayed” that order, 6-3. A stay is a procedural vehicle that is supposed to keep things in ...

Elephants are playing important roles in the country’s civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.

A protest can be a fine way to get people’s attention—particularly the attention of those in positions of power. But one of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent ...

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler called out Democratic Sen. Ed Markey's hypocrisy after he attacked the federal agency for ...