Host Al Letson visits Bryan Stevenson’s Montgomery, Alabama, memorials confronting slavery's legacy as the US turns 250.

Yet, even as early as kindergarten, the daily pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America (and “the ...

July 4, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In his “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in ...

Mount Dora is getting ready for its Freedom on the Waterfront event, which will feature live music, food, vendors and a ...

A woman was pushed onto the CTA train tracks in Chicago's Wrigleyville neighborhood on Thursday night.

Our country’s founders had their complaints about what George Washington dubbed the “infamous scribblers” in the press. But they recognized that robust and energetic journalism was critical to the fut ...

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities ...

Montesquieu shaped how Americans understood liberty, and his warning about a ‘tyranny of opinion’ speaks to today’s ...

You can tell where Emily Sweeney is from the minute she says "coffee." If you want to imagine her speaking, picture her ...

In a culture obsessed with productivity, we’re told that the answer is to become more efficient. But what if the real problem isn't a lack of time, but a lack of connection?

During his 2005 confirmation hearings, Alito praised his father as an 'extraordinary man who came to the United States as a ...

Progressive reformer Frances Kellor spearheaded efforts to celebrate Americanization Day, arguing that immigrants should ...