This is the second of a three-part series originally delivered as a lecture May 15 at a conference, “The Declaration of ...

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

When asked what sort of government the United States had, Benjamin Franklin famously said, "A republic, if you can keep it." ...

Matthew Spalding is the Kirby professor in constitutional government and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College and oversees the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for ...

What are the most important ideals that shaped the founding of the United States? And how should we interpret and apply these values today? The answers to these questions are complex and exist in a ...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery — and spent his early career arguing the U.S. Constitution was a slaveholder's ...

Two-hundred and fifty years ago, America’s founders pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to launch this great national experiment. They laid the foundation, but the country’s future depends ...

Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch says his new children's book aims to combat declining civic literacy among young people across the United States.