As America turns 250, we trace the triumphs, contradictions and arguments that shaped the world’s first liberal republic And ...

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

As the nation fractured, Americans turned to the Declaration of Independence for meaning. Union leaders like Lincoln saw it as a promise that equality could grow over time, while the Confederacy used ...

WEST CHESTER — As the U.S. prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence in 2026, the Dinniman Together Fund at West Chester University is coordinating a series of ...

On this Independence Day, we hear some words we have debated since the country was founded, words that are part of our July Fourth tradition. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) BOB EDWARDS: ...

The Declaration is sometimes championed by right-libertarians and left-liberals alike as a paean to individualism and a refutation of communitarianism of any kind. As one X user put it on Thursday: ...

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...

Why is this day different from the past Fourths of July in the eyes of NPR producers? Well frequent listeners of NPR’s Morning Edition know that there has been great, and understandable, concern ...

Two out of three Americans don’t know the true meaning of Independence Day. That’s according to a new OnePoll US (now Talker Research) survey that tested the patriotic knowledge of 1,000 U.S.

It’s the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation’s grand semiquincentennial celebration next year, it is worth reengaging with the document whose ...