Today is the anniversary of the US Declaration of independence. If such thing had happened in internet times, it might have sounded like this: When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the United States declared itself independent. Now in 2026, we find ourselves at another historic juncture. Many members of Congress appear to prioritize partisan ...

Philadelphia is a city that knows how to build. During this semiquincentennial year, we are being asked to tell the story of our nation’s founding again, to reflect on what was created here and who ...

Review of What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society by Minouche Shafik. Social contracts — agreements between rulers and their citizens about how to distribute goods and ...

We can’t get much done by ourselves and so we need to find a way to work together. United we may not succeed (given what humankind had done to the planet), but divided we will most certainly fail. In ...

This is the time when we look back at our origins as a country. It’s also a good time to revisit the origins of one of our own institutions: the Women’s Fund of Smith County. In 1998, a study was ...