The story of the US is, in many ways, remarkable. It achieved independence against the odds, its constitution has lasted more than two centuries and its democracy has weathered war, economic ...

Without course correction, experts warn, it cannot be overstated how much of what the country has achieved could be lost.

This video follows the bitter political chaos that erupted after George Washington left office. John Adams and Thomas ...

Readers sent hundreds of reflections on the nation’s 250th birthday in recent weeks, and we’ll publish a story about them on ...

As Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of independence, they are also celebrating the first attorneys general who ...

My dad was an Irish immigrant and so were my mom’s parents. America was fair to them, and they wanted to be fair to everyone ...

A look back at the economic and aesthetic cross-pollination between mother country and colony 250 years after the US declared ...

Since its inception, the government of the United States has inexorably exceeded its powers under the Constitution. All three branches have been complicit in a consistent pattern of constitutional ...

Now, as America prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, we are confronted with a bitter irony: the republic born in rebellion against empire has become an empire in everything but name. Worse ...

John Adams, the second president of the United States, and his successor Thomas Jefferson did not share the same view of ...

The World Socialist Web Site's webinar marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution brought together leading historians to defend its revolutionary heritage at a moment of mounting ...