Near the end of his presidency, George Washington was deeply worried about the young republic’s future. In his 1796 Farewell ...

Yet the story of the United States is not limited to failures; it is mostly in our persistent effort to change course. I ...

Traditionalist Catholic group excommunicated after consecrating bishops against the wishes of the Pope ...

The cover illustration of May 11’s New Yorker magazine is titled “Red, White, and Kinda Blue.” It features George Washington looking glum. His jaw is propped disconsolately on his hand in a melancholy ...

There is at least a chance that America will not return to war with Iran, but find a way to turn the page on 47 years of ...

Gerontocracy extends far beyond the White House, shaping who votes, who owns homes, and whose interests dominate public life.

No one has done more damage to Israel than the people who claim to love it the most. As this week’s shocking election news ...

Partisan politics have gotten in the way of celebrating our country’s 250th birthday. The Democrats have opted out of the ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and ...

The United States approaches its 250th anniversary deeply divided. Pride in the country, at roughly 40 per cent, has dropped ...

On holidays like Yom Kippur, he’d go the first evening to a Reconstructionist synagogue that felt welcoming of his gay identity. On Yom Kippur day, he returned to the traditional Sephardic synagogue ...

Warmongering Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham could lose his safe red seat to a Democratic doctor who was in the eighth grade ...