Forbes

Inside PBS’ ‘Declarations’: Director Stacey Holman Explores Black Americans In The Revolutionary War

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sharing entertainment stories that matter in Hollywood and beyond. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

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 ...
AZ Central

12 ways to celebrate the Declaration at 250. First: Read it

Across eight months of conversations with historians, legal scholars, museum leaders, and theologians, USA250’s Outspoken project asks how the American ideals of liberty and equality have changed ...
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 ...
The New Yorker

Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...
Reuters

US spy agencies examine how Iran would react to Trump declaring victory

US intelligence consider Iran's likely response to Trump declaring victory, sources say Military options remain, but large-scale escalation seen as less likely by officials Political pressure mounts ...
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.
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 ...
kcra.com

Get the Facts: How many times has Congress declared war?

Lawmakers are trying to limit President Donald Trump's military authority by forcing him to stop operations against Iran unless he has explicit permission from Congress. The current resolution before ...