Tag: American Revolution
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning...
Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University
Like Americans today, the people living in the United States in 1826 were preparing...
How America’s independence from England revolutionized US philanthropy
Amanda Moniz, Smithsonian Institution
John Hancock did something revolutionary 250 years ago when the Massachusetts merchant signed the Declaration...
What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say...
Thomas Tweed, University of Notre Dame
On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the...
In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings...
Matthew Redmond, Université de Lille
In one of his stand-up sets, comedian David Cross rejects all political commentary that...
Where George Washington would disagree with Pete Hegseth about fitness for...
Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino
As he paced across a stage at a military base in Quantico, Virginia, on...
Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence
Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino
The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at...
During the American Revolution, Brits weren’t just facing off against white...
Adam Jortner, Auburn University
In 1770, Barnard Gratz of Philadelphia wrote to a friend complaining about a recent speech...
4 business lessons from the Boston Tea Party
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
December 2023 marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one of...
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5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country...
Neha Gour, George Mason University; Ed Maibach, George Mason University, and Luis Ortiz, George Mason University
Every internet search,...
