As America marks 250 years since the Declaration, Jefferson’s words have taken on an aura of moral clarity about equality, ...

Jefferson wrote that Norfolk must be destroyed. Months later, Patriots burned much of the city themselves — and blamed the ...

Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding ...

Marin Theatre Executive Artistic Director Lance Gardner is adamant that Suzan-Lori Parks' "Sally & Tom" is not a response to ...

It was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff well beyond what’s commonly assumed.

Few American historical relationships are more controversial than that of third United States President Thomas Jefferson and ...

Thomas Jefferson owned more than 600 slaves over the course of his life resulting in a more complete picture of the third ...

Jeffrey Rosen, lawyer and U.S. Constitution scholar, has written the second book in a series of constitutional contemplations, “The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting ...

Even as late as the 20th century, Thomas Jefferson wasn’t known as a self-trained architect. Most of his known buildings were ...

The exhibition confronts the mythology of the Confederacy by placing toppled monuments in dialogue with contemporary works ...

By Richard Robbins Not often does a magazine edition come along that begs both reading and keeping. In the dusty archives of my home work room are several such numbers: A Life and a Look, both devoted ...

The labor-intensive art of barbecuing meant that by the 18th century, African Americans who were enslaved were the go-to ...