Patriot Front: The masked white supremacists who marched through Washington on July 4
The group sees immigration and diversity as threats to their vision of the US. Their march produced a lasting image: a young Black woman surrounded by racists
A bitter anniversary: The American ideal turns 250 amid turmoil
The United States is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence on July 4. It does so amidst protests from the ‘No Kings’ movement, which rallies against Trump’s authoritarianism. The ideals of Thomas Jefferson – one of the Founding Fathers – look worse for wear on a date marked by the government’s rewriting of history and by doubts about what remains of the American Dream
Congressman Jamie Raskin: ‘The Founding Fathers would not have understood Trump’s immigration policy’
The leading Democratic figure is not only one of the president’s great opponents in Washington, he is also an expert on Thomas Paine. On occasion of the 250 anniversary celebrations, he speaks about the enduring relevance of the author of ‘Common Sense,’ a key document in the Declaration of Independence
The portrait shedding light on Spain’s decisive role in US independence: ‘This is proof that we are founders, not outsiders’
Growing recognition of the military leader Bernardo de Gálvez is helping highlight the role played by Spain and Latin America in the founding of the United States
As it turns 250, the US questions its role in the world: ‘Great Satan’ or ‘indispensable nation’?
Since its founding in 1776, the United States has intervened abroad more than 500 times. A third of those interventions have taken place since 1999
Gordon S. Wood and the Revolution from below
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For the historian who passed away this month, republican ideas lived in the words of the elite, while democracy transpired in the social world beneath them
The secrets of the Washingtonia palm, named after the first US president
They are among the most widely cultivated plants in the world, and can thrive in complete neglect, able to withstand both harsh summers and low temperatures
Holiday calendar 2025: Every day off in the United States
Most government offices and some private companies are closed on 11 federal holidays
Watch melted during atomic blast over Hiroshima sells for more than $31,000
The watch is frozen in time at the moment of the detonation of an atomic bomb over the Japanese city — 8:15 a.m. — during the closing days of World War ll
Presidents Day: From George Washington’s modest birthdays to big sales and three-day weekends
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The nation will once again commemorate the first U.S. president on Monday, 292 years after he was born
The Underground Railroad of the south: The unknown story of the slaves who fled to Mexico
Historian Alice Baumgartner connects the Civil War with the abolition of slavery in its neighboring country: ‘Lincoln and Juárez’s alliance contributed to strangling the Confederacy’
The American flag wasn’t always revered as it is today. At the beginning, it was an afterthought
Only in the mid-19th century does the U.S. flag become a permanent fixture at the White House, scholars believe
With Trump starring and no sign of DeSantis, Republican annual meeting shows party fracturing
Prominent conservative politicians and ideologues meet at a convention tarnished by the disunity of the GOP
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