iCivics and George Washington’s Mount Vernon museum are announcing Constitutional Compromise, an online game that teaches kids about the making of the U.S. Constitution. It’s a game about the civility ...

One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer Supported by By Jennifer Szalai The United States Constitution is ...

In this election year, Democrats have argued, often and at length, that America is in danger of losing its democratic form of government. The Republican presidential candidate has virtually ...

A civics education group has joined with George Washington’s Mount Vernon homestead to provide a 21st century take on teaching the art of political compromise. The nonpartisan, nonprofit iCivics has ...

Which version of the Constitution will shape America’s future? Emboldened coalitions on the right purport to tether the country’s tomorrows to the original meanings of an eighteenth-century ...

Discover the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Learn about the failures of the Articles of Confederation, the Great Compromise, and how the U.S. Constitution was built. In the sweltering summer of 1787, ...

As is true for much of our history, we are constantly struggling to live up to our moral and human values. America was founded on ideals based on freedom and equality. Indeed, our Declaration of ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

Since the middle of the twentieth century, Rana argues, constitutional politics has shape-shifted into a kind of idolatry. As late as the first decades of the twentieth century, Rana proposes, ...

Q. Is slavery in the U.S. Constitution? A. The U.S. Constitution does not use the term slavery but the existence of slavery in the United States did influence the compromises and agreements that were ...