In the United States, power often comes down to documentation. For centuries, those in power have used documents to police ...

How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.

In her master’s thesis – “Journey to Freedom from Nebraska Territory” – Gail Shaffer Blankenau shines a light on a dark part of early Nebraska history by addressing slavery through the ...

I have always found celebrating America’s independence to be a joy. America was the first nation founded on idea, and that ...

Every year on Independence Day, I begin reading a book that pertains to our nation’s founding or significant history.

Historians are investigating the haunting handwritten manuscript, which chronicles Thomas White's escape from slavery in ...

Douglass delivered his speech amid profound national divisions. At stake was the stark contradiction between America’s stated ...

A brief article by Sam Dolgoff rejecting the Gandhi lead Indian independence movement, with a retort by the editor of The ...

Latino activists documenting immigration enforcement are building on a Black tradition that mapped freedom during the eras of slavery and Jim Crow.

In a stunning move, the world's richest person, Elon Musk has started the legal proceedings to form his own political party ...