An ode to the sagebrush
Where does sagebrush grow? How does sagebrush survive? A horseback trip through the Nevada desert offers answers to bigger questions
Everyone should take religious freedom seriously
Why does religious liberty deserve top billing in the Constitution? Cardinal Timothy Dolan on faith as the foundation of American democracy
How the founders used biblical language to justify the American Revolution
Did the Bible inspire the Declaration of Independence? How divine sanction informed Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry and other founders
Compromise doesn’t mean surrender
Can we hold firm convictions and still respect those who disagree? A Harvard professor on confident pluralism and the art of meaningful compromise
Religious freedom undergirds the very existence of America
Why does the Bill of Rights place religious freedom first? The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on faith and governance.
The Declaration of Independence is Lincoln’s as much as Jefferson’s
Lincoln placed the Declaration’s ideals at the moral heart of America — and he was willing to defend them in the name of ‘all men’
What Philadelphia might have looked like in 1776
A young woman in Philadelphia witnesses the birth of the nation
America’s greatest piece of writing
Why was the Declaration of Independence so important? How did it become one of history’s most enduring symbols?
Is protesting good for democracy?
From the Boston Tea Party to the Civil Rights Movement, protests have shaped America — for better or worse.
Deborah Sampson’s two wars
Did women fight in the American Revolution? Disguised as a man, Deborah Sampson took a bullet for the young nation