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

In the state constitutional conventions of the Reconstruction South, biracial coalitions of delegates constitutionalized universal public-school systems and kept their constitutions free from ...

Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein talked about their new PBS series, "The American Revolution," and related modern lessons that come from the historical era.

Opening night of the 'parliament of the Jewish people' is filled with festivities even as debate flares between right and ...

Some 2,500 reps from 42 countries set to debate hot-button issues like West Bank annexation and IDF conscription, pick ...

Ken Burns says his latest epic documentary shows America has been deeply divided since its earliest days, but that the story ...