In the run-up to July 4, surveys have revealed broad and growing pessimism about the direction of the country.

Experts on U.S. history look to the past — and the future.

Leaders from across the political spectrum offer ideas to strengthen American democracy for its next 250 years.

We are presented with an opportunity to reflect on the American experiment itself, how it began, how it has endured, and what ...

The New York Historical showcases the evolution of our nation’s hallmark idea of self-government in a thoughtful, if ...

Birthright citizenship narrowly prevailed at the Supreme Court. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's opinion reads as a warning ...

Wednesday on MS NOW's "Morning Joe," Anand Giridharadas argued against "Cold War baggage" that is making the American people ...

Many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by trying to block out the noise of national division.

But the democracy half of that composite is the one that has most nurtured what Lincoln called our “better angels.” Democracy ...

As the U.S. celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year, here are eight ways its political ...

Opinion: “This Independence Day, it is right that Americans celebrate the fact that the United States remains Earth’s last, ...

Average number of people per lawmaker in the lower or sole chamber of national legislature Note: Representation ratio ...