She is a matriarch, an inspiration. Annie Mae Perry's life spans nearly a century, and her story is intertwined with the ...

There was our guiding light: The 14th Amendment, passed 100 years earlier. It extended citizenship to all persons born on ...

Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

This Fourth of July, director Osato Dixon’s film ‘Wait Until Tomorrow’ audits America's ledger of racial debt. A analysis on ...

Globe Opinion asked readers and community members about their American identity. From pride to fear, here are some of the ...

“Allowing the president to unilaterally redefine who gets to be a U.S. citizen in states subject to Trump’s rewriting of the ...

His fake beard uneasily held on by Scotch tape, Angstrom surveys the American throng gathered in patriotic jubilation: ...

As the U.S. celebrates 249 years of independence, we reflect on the milestones that shaped its democracy—an enduring ...

As Americans across the nation prepare to celebrate the 249th anniversary of their independence on July 4, 2025, the Fourth ...

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 ...

The US government is already preparing massive celebrations of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution for next ...

"When you are an undocumented immigrant, celebrating the Fourth of July is to resist being defined by fear and panic." ...