The Statue of Liberty offers a symbol of hope and freedom for our nation, but freedom is fragile and can be lost if we don't ...

The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” has survived the centuries like a line in a Shakespeare play. It’s been expressed by protesters from the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in ...

Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

A copy of the famous American bell can be found inside a bank, which itself is modeled after Independence Hall!

The Justice Bell rang on Sept. 25, 1920, announcing passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution which ...

As two recent books show, free speech protections were forged a century ago by people who fought for the rights of activists.

Each state honors two notable people in their history by donating statues to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed replacing the bronze ...

Associated Press writers Michael R. Blood in Los Angeles, Kate Brumback in Atlanta, Julie Carr Smyth in Columbus, Ohio, Ali ...

A journalist's account of being added to a group chat of national security officials coordinating plans for airstrikes has raised questions about how sensitive information is supposed to be handled.

FDR establishes Civilian Conservation Corps LA County reaches $4 billion agreement to settle sexual abuse claims at juvenile facilities An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens ... just weeks before the American Revolution. The liberty, of course, largely was for white, landowning men, not ...