As the purpose and meaning of the 14th Amendment are once again debated, it’s well worth learning more about one of its primary authors: George S. Boutwell.

For all of its faults and weaknesses, no serious competitor has emerged to capture people’s imagination or seriously ...

In her newly published seventh book, Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, BC Professor of History Heather Cox Richardson examines the long, intricate path to today’s fraught, ...

With sections on our parliament, our government and the Constitution, the book aims to delve deeper into all aspect of ...

Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now ... to the many ordinary people standing up to corporate and government power. She co-authored her first three bestsellers with ...