In America, the assault on basic democratic principles continues, with Christian nationalism increasingly in the forefront.

When John Cage composed an opera commemorating the American bicentennial audiences walked out. Now, it's being reinterpreted ...

A beloved cultural icon who's bright green? Kermit the Frog is also quintessentially American. Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. To mark the ...

When asked what sort of government the United States had, Benjamin Franklin famously said, "A republic, if you can keep it." ...

The Declaration of Independence includes a searing attach on Native people, but the founders still drew on Indigenous ...

Without Spanish support, the bid for Independence might have failed, Felipe Fernández-Armesto says, and deep Latin ties ...

Ona Judge was 1 of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia. The city will ...

The ‘Rededicate 250’ rally raised questions about separation of church and state. Jefferson and Madison’s many letters to ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns writes about the Founding Fathers' notion of citizenship and how democracy demands participation and engagement.

National Day of Prayer On Thursday, May 7, an estimated 2 million Christians in 33,000 groups across 50 states stood united ...