Why Americans are still arguing about Jefferson's grand proclamation, 250 years after he made it.

What exactly does ‘all men are created equal’ mean in the Declaration of Independence? I used to think the answer was obvious; it was self-evident. But it’s not, at least not in today’s political ...

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress declared something revolutionary to the world: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Never mind that “men” meant ...

“All men are created equal.” When Thomas Jefferson wrote those words in the summer of 1776, he both meant what he said, and didn’t. He meant that the white, propertied men who led the 13 colonies had ...

This episode of Outspoken with Greg Burton explores equality—from the founders’ limits to the long fight to expand rights for ...

Thomas Jefferson helped shape the United States with ideas about freedom, equality, and democracy that still influence America today. But behind the inspiring words of the Declaration of Independence ...

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...

Born in the early 1950s and maturing during the Civil Rights era and the Vietnam War, I grew up during a revolutionary period. It was also a time of tremendous cultural shifts. Woodstock Music and Art ...