There was our guiding light: The 14th Amendment, passed 100 years earlier. It extended citizenship to all persons born on ...

The best means of achieving justice for any oppressed people is to lay claim to the American constitutional tradition as ...

Globe Opinion asked readers and community members about their American identity. From pride to fear, here are some of the ...

As Americans across the nation prepare to celebrate the 249th anniversary of their independence on July 4, 2025, the Fourth ...

The American vision has a high degree of tolerance for inequality and a robust commitment to individual liberty, because in the American revolutionary tradition, the pursuit of happiness is an ...

In every generation, the Declaration of Independence has stood for a more expansive promise of freedom and equality.

WASHINGTON — A few years ago, Blake Spencer explored the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington with two of his friends. The Howard University graduate wanted to check out the area ...

Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

Moshe Dayan said, “Freedom is oxygen to the soul.” I believe freedom is a drive that rises out of the depths of our being. If ...

This was during public participation hearings on the National Dialogue Committee report. His words were met with laughter and ...

This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t ...

To celebrate the Fourth of July here are 13 —signifying the original 13 states — movies that celebrate what it means to be ...