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

Monday marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Initially, the world took little notice of the document’s proclamation in Paris in 1948 at the third ...

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

Fireworks should be Fourth of July entertainment, not the defining characteristic of legislative debate. (Jamie Francis/The Oregonian, 2013) Discussion of the Declaration of Independence usually ...