Those five famous words from the Declaration of Independence sound simple enough: all men are created equal. For nearly 250 years, the U.S. has leaned on that founding proposition. In theory, its ...

Declaration of Independence (1817–1819), by John Trumbull. (Library of Congress) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for ...

The Equal Rights Amendment appears to exist on a tragicomic time loop: It’s alive! It’s dead! It’s alive again! It’s dead again! But who is the cock-a-roach in this situation? Is it Virginia’s House ...

At best, using the wrong word can be embarrassing. At worst, you change the meaning of your sentence completely. Last year, many people searched for the difference between systematic and systemic. If ...

For years, the antiabortion movement had Roe v. Wade in its crosshairs — so it seemed that the reversal of Roe would be the ultimate victory for Americans who oppose abortion. But when the Supreme ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Jill Lepore about the history of the Declaration of Independence and the founding principle, "All men are ...

Ken Shelton is an award-winning educator with more than 25 years of experience. He is currently an independent consultant, adviser, designer, and keynote speaker: Education occasionally descends into ...

First annual picnic of the Knights of Labor, 1882. (Niday Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo / Joseph Keppler) “All men are created equal.” Today, it is difficult to appreciate the radicalism of ...