Raphael Gomes attempts to finish a massive burrito during his travels in the United States.

America's 250th anniversary was meant to be a historic national celebration, but it quickly became a flashpoint for political debate. Donald Trump's Freedom 250 event in Washington, D.C., featured ...

Trump v. Slaughter isn’t just about expanding executive control—it’s about the government exerting partisan influence over ...

Descendants of Dred Scott and Chief Justice Roger Taney spoke about reconciliation at a church in the shadow of the Supreme ...

With its sheer ubiquity in American pop culture, it’s easy to take for granted how recently it was that anime was exported to the States. There are early examples as far back as the 1960s and 70s: ...

As the United States of America limps its way across the 250-year mark, I’m asking myself the same question you’re probably ...

On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, Metallica presented a picture of what that nation should look like: ambitious, ...

Host Al Letson visits Bryan Stevenson’s Montgomery, Alabama, memorials confronting slavery's legacy as the US turns 250.

July 4, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In his “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in ...

Two-hundred and fifty years ago, the American revolution sent shockwaves around the globe. At the same time, events taking ...

Our country’s founders had their complaints about what George Washington dubbed the “infamous scribblers” in the press. But they recognized that robust and energetic journalism was critical to the fut ...

She is one of several Generation Z candidates this year fueled by the generational frustrations of their pandemic-marred youth, social media-fueled isolation, artificial intelligence and the war in ...