As part of celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence this Fourth of July, a ...

This weekend, our nation's 250th birthday was marked with parades, fireworks, and commemorations of all shapes and sizes, ...

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, political scientist Sophie Fullerton highlights significant shifts in ...

The Trump administration is attacking the foundations of our democracy—but Americans are increasingly fighting back.

In a July 4 statement titled “America at 250 and the State of the Country,” Clinton reflected on the nation's founding ideals ...

Are we willing to do what generations before us did,” writes Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk, “keep choosing democracy over division, citizenship over contempt and country over party affiliation?” ...

The founders knew that a free country without a robust press and informed public engagement could not endure.

The next 250 years will unfold in a world unimaginable to the Framers. AI will reshape work and society, and the nation's ...

A national survey finds Americans strongly concerned about democratic rights, divided over national pride and the country's trajectory.

Every generation has inherited America’s unfinished promise and has been presented with the opportunity to accept it as ...

The United States has one of the oldest constitutions still in effect, but it can seem hard to find true believers. Republicans claim its principles, but let Trump choose its meaning, abrogating ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Almost all the rulers who have tried to destroy freedom have at first attempted to preserve its forms. This has ...