It’s time to set things right and write a new constitution for the 21st century.

"Making Amends," the title of the Clinton Presidential Center's new special exhibition, is unlikely to set hearts throbbing. But its topic -- the 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- continues to ...

Many things have changed in the 250 years since the United States was founded, but one thing that hasn't changed that much is ...

The U.S. Constitution is being tested these days in all sorts of ways. And NYU Law School professor Melissa Murray is concerned that many Americans lack a basic understanding of this foundational ...

In a new book, the historian Mark Peterson argues that our founding document is rooted in ideals of expansion and conquest ill suited to the nation we’ve become. By Claire Rydell Arcenas Claire Rydell ...

At 50-year intervals, the U.S. has marked the Declaration of Independence at important junctures in the country’s history ...