On Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her new book, “We the People: A History of the U.S.

Author and historian Jill Lepore’s new book examines the political gridlock that has left many voters disillusioned with both ...

In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution." ...

Originalism is often countered by the idea that the Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to be interpreted and changed along with the times. Jill Lepore is a historian at Harvard ...

Forget the TV drama of “democracy under attack.” There is no season twist on Capitol Hill, no slick villain delivering a chilling monologue to a string-quartet soundtrack, and no mastermind plotting ...

Tomorrow is election day.  Your right to vote in a local election is enshrined by the US Constitution's 10th amendment.  We’ll talk with U.S. Documents Librarian Cass Hartnett about why for the past ...

Dr. Lepore is a professor of history and law at Harvard and the author of “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” In 2016, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, read James Madison’s ...

It’s Constitution Day in America, and we implore all Americans to understand that the United States Constitution must remain the foundational bedrock of our democracy. On Sept. 17, 1787, the Founders ...

Augusta University joined schools nationwide in observing Constitution Day, which commemorates the signing of the U.S.

We must keep in mind, however, that this wonderful document is only parchment and ink unless the people it governs make it function. The system of checks and balances, the guarantees of liberty, and ...

Constitution Day occurs annually on Sept. 17 to commemorate the Founding Fathers signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. It also celebrates those who have become naturalized U.S. citizens, ...