Danielle Allen

The Declaration has always been fought over. We can let Trump claim it, or we can take up its battle cry to “alter or to abolish” what’s destroying our country.

On America’s 250th anniversary, Ms.’ "Founding Feminists" series centers the women whose words, labor and resistance built—and keep rebuilding—democracy.

Historians have demonstrated how central racism has been to the formation of the U.S. But many of those same ideas have also been vital to combating white supremacy.

It’s a hashtag, a talking point, a Trump rally riff. The inside story of a New York Times project that launched a year-long culture war.