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

D.C.’s mayor paraded through Barracks Row in a Washington Commanders jersey. A couple smiled while wearing red, white and ...

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

U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan’s ruling means that Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status designation should return to its original February 2026 date, giving more than a half-million Haitian ...

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

On July 4, 2026, the United States turns 250. Amid fireworks and fanfare, the day invites reflection on a nation shaped by ...

In the repetitious cadence of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech, “I have a dream” was followed by “one day.” Those two words, “one day,” made us look to the heavens with promise, hope and ...

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, reflected in the Tidal Basin, pays tribute to the author of the Declaration of Independence, ...

Senators discuss Juneteenth's significance and the ongoing struggle for racial justice in America. They emphasize the importance of persistence and grassroots organizing.

Resisting the rain and the heat, 3,000 people lived in Resurrection City, on the Washington Mall, for weeks, to demand an end to poverty. This is episode 51 of Stories of Resistance.

Living in the midst of the Trump presidency gives reason to think this is an unprecedented time in the U.S. but history says ...

The assassination of a Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife at their homes are just the latest addition to a long and unsettling roll c ...