The only reason Jefferson could call certain truths 'self-evident' is that he was living in a world shaped by Judeo-Christian ...

It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.

In her 58 years of existence, Angelica Schuyler had one of her childhood homes in present-day Schuylerville incinerated by ...

Student tour guides emphasised Jefferson the slaveholder rather than Jefferson the founding father. Conservative faculty and ...

Sally Hemings and her enslaver Thomas Jefferson were reportedly sealed in posthumous marriage in a temple of the Church of ...

That's not how Jefferson remembered the event. He simply recalled being asked by a committee of the Founding Fathers to take up his pen. "Possibly neither of their memories served, and possibly both ...

The state launched its semiquincentennial festivities Wednesday in Jefferson County, unveiling a statue of Thomas Jefferson ...

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

The new hires will be serving at Byron P. Steele High, Barbara C. Jordan Intermediate, Rose Garden Elementary and O.G.

As catchphrases go, “speaking truth to power” is a beaut. It’s a storied expression that packs loads of meaning and emotional pow! into four short words. Like a deft line of poetry, “speaking truth to ...

Yet, higher education has shaped the American experiment from the beginning. Enlightenment ideas studied in 18th-century ...