It doesn't matter what the founders intended in the Declaration of Independence, the Rev. Byron Williams argues. It's all in ...

A few words in the Declaration of Independence, describing Indigenous people as "savages," did lasting damage, professor David Martinez says.

Thomas Jefferson deleted key passages in the Declaration of Independence that historian Holly Brewer says reveal as much as ...

Our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Rule of Law foresee that assaults, challenges, and onslaughts will occur. These revered documents, along with the principles and legal frameworks they ...

You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.

In recent decades, the 1776 document's few references to God have been especially polarizing, as Americans defend starkly ...

Today is July 4, and we appropriately celebrate the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration is best known for its ringing affirmation of the rights to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Many years ago a reader, Wallace Hooper, wrote to the Chronicle publisher with this request: “To celebrate this and every July Fourth, print the entire text of the Declaration of Independence.” In ...

Words have always been America’s sharpest dagger. No one understood that better than Thomas Jefferson, whose elegant prose and consummate turns of phrase astounded our forebears. Independence, he ...

Over a snowy winter weekend, I watched Ken Burns' The American Revolution. (And yes, if you're not already supporting your local PBS and NPR station, you should do that today). We're approaching the ...