In many ways, Washington and Lee University fosters a culture that is suited to Dr. Martin Luther King’s quest for unity, ...

As the country observes the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Judy Woodruff is starting a new chapter of America at a Crossroads. She’ll explore what it means to be an American, ...

As I read about King, Washington and Lincoln, I cannot help wondering what teachings we can learn from them on character and ...

Recently White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller suggested that real adults know that might in foreign ...

But while the language is unprecedentedly wounding, it has mostly been said before, though more gently: generations of American presidents have called for Europe to get its act together on defence ...

Federal Hall, at Wall and Broad streets, stands at the site where George Washington took the Oath of Office on April 30, 1789 ...

Editor: George Washington’s Farewell Address in 1796 warned Americans about the dangers of factionalism and blind party ...

Racond, a historian of all things Washington, called the speech the soon-to-be president's "most important" action in ...

Staff writer Stepan Kopeykin highlights moments of resistance to the rising tide of authoritarianism.

The U.S. president’s strategic shift is not temporary. It represents a medium- to long-term trajectory that stems from the confluence of simmering contradictions and various domestic and international ...

How does it feel to be 250 years old? This year we, the United States of America, will celebrate over two centuries of ...