The ongoing assault on the American ideal is a time for dissent, not celebration. A republic born out of revolution is ...

America was never designed to be a theocracy. The Founders, while overwhelmingly Christian, rejected the European sacralist ...

Congress was sanguine about the prospects, expecting, as Thomas Jefferson put it, “every hour to be informed that Quebec has ...

Freedom was very important to Patrick Henry, who lived in a time with a lot of self-governance and liked it. Unfortunately, ...

America’s political parties weren’t supposed to wield the power they have today. In fact, George Washington warned us about ...

Sociologist Eve L. Ewing joins The Excerpt to discuss her new book “Original Sins,” which argues that schools enforce racial hierarchies.

People are operating from a sense of fear … especially when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” is how author and ...

The phrase was reportedly first used 250 years ago Sunday by lawyer and legislator Patrick Henry to persuade Virginia ...

Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, abruptly removed Bert Ellis—one of his own appointees—from the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Historical thinking: Since context is key to critical thinking, learning to analyze information about current events likely requires knowledge about politics and history, as well as practice at ...

Land and property ownership have colored American politics since the very beginning of our democracy in New England in the ...

The tomatoes are up in their 200-cell tray. Most are crooked yet, their frail stems bent from their thrust beyond the swollen ...