Prior to that, it was known as the “United Colonies,” among other variations. The final version of the Declaration of Independence begins with the phrase: “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen ...

Many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Two scholars who study rural communities bust 6 of those myths, ...

The United States of America isn’t short on symbols that evoke a sense of national patriotism—from “the stars and stripes” to the Statue of Liberty and even Uncle Sam. To truly understand the U.S., ...

Job creation and overall economic growth, which usually move in tandem, have diverged. The Federal Reserve has cut interest ...

What makes Americans proud of their country? For Independence Day, The New York Times asked voters what they valued about the United States, as well as what worried them. While there were vast, often ...

Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens. To the Editor: Re “The Destruction of the American Ideal,” by Bret Stephens (column, April 9): What is so remarkable about Mr. Stephens’s column is that ...

On Sept. 29, 1916, it was front page news that a surge in Standard Oil's stock price likely made oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller America's first billionaire. More than a century later, the United ...

This article appears in the October 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. When Bob Kuttner, Bob Reich, and I founded The American Prospect in 1990, we were aiming to promote ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In early May, Sam Altman traveled to Washington to tell a story about America. Appearing before a Senate committee, Altman described how he came of age as the ...

“DC, Fairfax, wherever the f**k we are,” Liam Gallagher bellowed in a mid-sized college basketball arena five days before Christmas, as Oasis’ cover of The Beatles’ “I Am The Walrus” wound towards a ...