On Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her new book, “We the People: A History of the U.S.

Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has set a modern-day record for the 43-day wait to be sworn into Congress after winning a special election.

In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.

Even as Trump continues to explore supposed loopholes and backdoors to a third term, legal experts say the 22nd Amendment of ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution." ...

There’s no chance of Congress amending the Constitution and getting such a change ratified by 38 states in time for the next ...

Since the Revolutionary War, several hundred thousand U.S. citizens have lost their lives in armed conflicts fought here and ...

Across the world’s democracies, the past year has been one of constitutional turbulence. In France, multiple prime ministers ...

This article explores the legal and cultural reasons preventing Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of New York City, from ...

Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has ...

As New York's mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani will take his place among stronger American mayors who essentially act as city CEOs ...

The United States was divinely ordained as a Christian nation. It’s legal and governmental structures ideally reflect Christian doctrine. This summary belief forms the bedrock of Christian Nationalism ...