Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

Returning to cinemas next week, the superhero may be known as the ultimate all-American Mr Nice Guy – but, back in the 1930s, ...

Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.” ...

On the morning of July 17, 1929, American film industry titan William Fox and his treasurer Jacob Rubenstein were on their ...

At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American democracy are more important than ever. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing ...

At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American democracy are more important than ever. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing ...

As knowledge about the Constitution ebbs, so does allegiance to it. And because the Constitution was designed in significant ...

Entertainment Nation, a permanent exhibit established in 2022 and housed in the Smithsonian Museum of American History, is ...

In 1852, nearly a century after the Declaration of Independence was signed, Frederick Douglass famously asked, “What to the ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

What can Americans of good will from left and right do for the coming anniversary? They can turn to the text of the ...

Class actions and Administrative Procedure Act claims can achieve much the same result as the nationwide orders that the ...