I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

A partisan judiciary, arbitrary power, officials beyond the reach of the people – these are the grievances that drove a ...

‘Declarations: Black Americans & The Revolutionary War’ Doc Filmmakers On Using GenAI To “Give Our Historical Subjects Agency”

Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War follows the stories of four Black Americans as they navigate our ...
The New York Times

For America’s Birthday, a Declaration of Independence Whodunit

The New York Historical thinks it has identified the anonymous printer behind a rare broadside printing of the Declaration made soon after July 4, 1776. By Jennifer Schuessler Before the Declaration ...
National Catholic Reporter

What the Declaration of Independence does — and doesn't — say about God

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely "proclaimed." Couriers carried the printed version by ...
Christian Science Monitor

America at 250: A declaration of ideals reset the world – and still resonates today

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The New Yorker

Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...
Tuesdays with Toomey

These Truths — The Declarations of Independence

Walking into The American Philosophical Society Museum’s dimly-lit first-floor gallery, you are confronted by an eight foot square map of North America, purchased by Benjamin Franklin and hung in ...
Wall Street Journal

Justice Thomas: Progressives vs. the Declaration

Speaking at WSJ Opinion Live in Washington, D.C., WSJ Editor at Large Gerard Baker and Texas Senator Ted Cruz discuss the war in Iran, the 2028 Republican primaries, and whether Mr. Cruz would accept ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.
The Conversation

1776’s Declaration of Independence inspired Washington’s troops to fight against the odds – and also helped bring in powerful allies

A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of 1776. The scene they witnessed was terrifying. The largest expeditionary force in British history sailed into the American ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Refresher Course: How is the U.S. in a war when Congress has made no declaration?

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. The U.S. is currently at war with Iran, even though ...