They’re Some of the Most Famous Words Ever Written. Have You Ever Really Read Them?

It’s poetry, philosophy and polemic, all in a little more than 1,300 words and all represented in its second and most famous ...

The Declaration At 250 And Why America’s Founding Ideals Still Matter For Business, AI And Economic Growth

The Declaration at 250 examines how America’s founding ideals continue to shape business, AI, and economic growth in modern ...
National Catholic Reporter

What the Declaration of Independence does — and doesn't — say about God

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely "proclaimed." Couriers carried the printed version by ...
Christian Science Monitor

America at 250: A declaration of ideals reset the world – and still resonates today

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Wall Street Journal

Justice Thomas: Progressives vs. the Declaration

Speaking at WSJ Opinion Live in Washington, D.C., WSJ Editor at Large Gerard Baker and Texas Senator Ted Cruz discuss the war in Iran, the 2028 Republican primaries, and whether Mr. Cruz would accept ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.
AOL

How Does the US Officially Declare War?

The United States has officially declared war 11 times in the nation's history, the first time for the War of 1812 and most recently for World War II. According to the U.S. Constitution, Congress has ...
CBS News

Are Iran strikes legal? Here's how the U.S. Constitution defines declarations of war.

The military strikes against Iran have sparked intense debate in Congress. U.S. lawmakers are not only split on whether to support the operation but also on whether President Trump should have sought ...
The New Yorker

Do U.S. Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

Whether a nation has just cause to begin a war and whether it conducts that war justly are matters of international law. Whether a U.S. President has the power to declare war is a matter of American ...
Nature

Global leaders endorse Delhi Declaration on safe and responsible AI

Eighty-six countries and two international organisations have endorsed the New Delhi Declaration on artificial intelligence (AI), aimed at building an inclusive, human-centric and development-oriented ...
insider.si.edu

“We Do Declare”: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Amplifies Women’s Voices on Financial Independence

Women celebrating in front of the Capitol. Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images. The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum announced today the expansion of “We Do Declare: Women’s Voices on ...
Smithsonian Magazine

You Can Buy a Rare Broadside Copy of the Declaration of Independence From July 1776

This rare broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence will be sold in May. Goldin A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence is going up for sale this May, the auction house Goldin announced ...