The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past. Likewise, you might think the 27 grievances against King George ...

Columnist Bruce H. Weik argues that Donald Trump has violated the principles of the Declaration of Independence.

A retired insurance broker has uncovered a "vanishingly rare" copy of the US Declaration of Independence. Michael Scurr made ...

The Declaration was written by imperfect men. However, the message of freedom has endured and inspired others around the ...

We examine several countries that have used America, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution to build and foster their own ideas of freedom from government and religious despots.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on the Fourth of July 200 years ago.

Dear George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay and ...

Leadership for the National Congress of American Indians cited fractured national efforts and inaccurate historical revisions ...

The US’ unique and quite phenomenal economic and political success has resulted from its own adaptations of the British ...

Beyond the fireworks: What America's 250th anniversary really means ...

What does it mean to be an American? It’s not an idle question. In fact, this July 4 – exactly 250 years after our nation’s ...

Few ideas command more universal agreement than the belief that children must be protected. Across cultures, religions, and ...