Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence advocates for liberty and equality. We would do well to remember those principles today.

The declaration's words and sentiments have inspired nations and movements around the world.

"Inevitably, the age of national bootblacks and national oyster houses and national blacksmiths produced national history books."

A review of a book by Sean Wilentz's "No Property in Man," which argues that the document is full of anti-slavery language.

Virginia engaged in “the most public, focused, and sustained discussion of slavery and emancipation that ever occurred."

Trump is just the latest in a long line of executives to stiff-arm the Constitution and ignore congressional powers.

How Upton Sinclair’s 1934 run for governor of California inspired a cult.

Greg Grandin’s new book charts the past and present of American expansionism and its high human costs.

America’s long history of manipulating its headcount for political gain.

The history of presidential campaigns shows the extent to which the language of politics remains gendered.

Americans tend to see their country as a nation-state, not an imperial power.

He never denounced slavery and was brutal towards American Indians, but remains a popular figure. Why?

Slavery and the legacy of white supremacy.

Thomas Paine, the most radical of American revolutionaries, perhaps most fully understood the millennial potential of the new Republic.

From the day it was inaugurated, the Statue of Liberty has symbolized the tensions between national independence and universal human rights.

A historian assesses Donald Trump’s claim that the first president faced his own allegations of sexual assault.

A review of four books that all deal with the long-lasting contradictions between the mythology and reality of farming.

The Founders designed a government that would resist mob rule. They didn’t anticipate how strong the mob could become.

Trump’s critic is utilizing a practice employed by many of the Founding Fathers to protect truth from power.

The region was at the epicenter of eugenic policy-making in the first half of the 20th century.