They also include works of literature, critiques and reinterpretations of our nation, such as Tocqueville’s 1835 and 1840 volumes of Democracy in America, Herbert Croly’s 1909 The Promise of American ...

The promise of America serves as the moral anchor for the competing visions. For those looking backward, the focus is on what ...

The DRC’s independence anniversary renews debate over progress, security and state capacity.

For 250 years, the American dream has been fodder for a potent national brand. That dream, defined by the founders as “life, ...

As America heads toward its 250th anniversary, Vicksburg is revisiting the July 4, 1863 surrender that changed history.

In the late 1800s, the promise of oil, often called “black gold” and remembered by some as the “Texas Tea” mentioned in the opening ...

Andy Burnham will admit his goal to raise living standards and “lift Britain back up” could take a decade as he begins to outline his plan for power on Monday. The likely next prime minister will use ...

Every rainy season, Accra drowns. Streets become rivers. Homes become islands. Cars are swallowed whole. Families climb onto rooftops to wait for rescue that sometimes never comes. Then the waters ...

Commemoration of the United States’ semiquincentennial — known as “America250” — is happening as Black people are reeling from rollbacks in civil rights advancements accumulated over decades. That’s ...

Retired sportswriter John Gillooly was a member of the Class of 1964, a pivotal year in U.S. politics and culture. His book explores the time period.

The Declaration of 1776 outlined the Founders’ moral vision of a free society; its most important statement: “that all Men ...

As Labor parliamentarians fled Canberra late this week for their long winter break, they could reassure themselves the ...