The Spirit of the Declaration, Part 1

But if Jefferson and his colleagues on the Committee of Five avoided specifying what a national government should look like, ...
The Christian Science Monitor

When revolutionary news traveled at the speed of horseback

How did the American colonists separate fact from fiction? It wasn’t easy, explains Emily Sneff in “When the Declaration of ...
The New Yorker

Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

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 ...
Newsweek

World’s Most Important Writing Assignment: Declaration of Independence

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May ...
Tribune News Service on MSNOpinion

Commentary: 3 things we can learn from the Declaration of Independence

As a people, we feel lost. Our political life is full of division and animosity. Our society struggles to find its sense of ...
The 74 on MSNOpinion

At 250, the Declaration of Independence still sparks hard questions in class

This article was co-published with The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics, policy and power. Subscribe ...
The Washington Post

How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...
Tennessean

Why the Declaration of Independence still matters | Opinion

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...
Reason

Chief Justice Roberts on the Declaration of Independence

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to constitutional interpretation and judicial review. In his year-end report ...
New York Post

With America’s 250th in sight, these books illuminate the true spirit of the Declaration of Independence

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...