As the USA celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a leading historian talks about why it ...

“The first man put at the helm will be a good one,” Benjamin Franklin said at the Constitutional Convention in June 1787, referring to George Washington. “No body knows what sort may come afterward.

When he talks about the role of religion in the founding of the United States, historian Gregg Frazer does not attract eager audiences. “Neither side really wants to hear what I say," says Frazer, a ...

UC, Miami, and other Ohio public universities are introducing the new American history courses. Is this the right way to ...

The dismantling of the Voting Rights Act begun by the Supreme Court in the case of Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 was completed this last month by Louisiana v. Callais. Callais has raised the legal ...

An unprecedented gerrymandering effort led by Donald Trump—and internal divisions among Democrats—has made the Minority ...

How the Founders’ redefinition of what it meant to be a free citizen echoed down the decades.

Jones’ combative speech took aim at a conservative legal society — and exposed tensions inside the High Court.

This is a race to the bottom … not good for American Democracy.” — Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore, commenting on ...

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The Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just ...