On the evening of Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her newly published book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” A Harvard professor of History and Law ...

During news cycles that feel especially vicious, dispiriting or relentless — or worse, all three at once — it can be helpful to temper the ol' doomscrolling by cracking a book now and then. Now, ...

One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer Supported by By Jennifer Szalai The United States Constitution is ...

On Wednesday, Yale Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar introduced his new book, “Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840-1920,” at Brown’s annual Constitution Day Event. The ...

All republican governments live in fear of the man on the white horse. A republican government, like ours, is a system of rules designed to prevent any one person or faction from hijacking the ...