Those five famous words from the Declaration of Independence sound simple enough: all men are created equal. For nearly 250 years, the U.S. has leaned on that founding proposition. In theory, its ...

Tom Perriello, the Democrats' insurgent candidate for governor, excites the liberal base of the party because he—like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who have both endorsed him—is a conviction ...

At best, using the wrong word can be embarrassing. At worst, you change the meaning of your sentence completely. Last year, many people searched for the difference between systematic and systemic. If ...

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence and the founding principle, "All men are created equal." Today, we are updating an NPR Independence Day ...

Declaration of Independence (1817–1819), by John Trumbull. (Library of Congress) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for ...

The gender equality symbol is a simple design that represents the fight for gender equality and gender equity. The gender equality symbol is often used in campaigns and demonstrations and can be found ...

Karl Marx, in developing his economic theory, placed equality as the end result. The problem was he used the wrong definition of equality, economic equality. The present regime in America seems to ...

Women have been negotiating for public, privte, and workplace equality for some time. While progress has undoubtedly been made, the reality is that women still make less money than their male peers.

For years, the antiabortion movement had Roe v. Wade in its crosshairs — so it seemed that the reversal of Roe would be the ultimate victory for Americans who oppose abortion. But when the Supreme ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Jill Lepore about the history of the Declaration of Independence and the founding principle, "All men are ...