Yet when you go back to the founding document that defines the country’s philosophical break with Britain, the Declaration of Independence, something interesting appears. The word freedom is not there ...

View of a street in Havana during a blackout on March 16, 2026. Cuba suffered a widespread power cut against the backdrop of a severe crisis on the island. YAMIL LAGE AFP via Getty Images The Cuban ...

Alexander Hamilton published political pamphlets. Benjamin Franklin did, too. So did Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and numerous other ...

Migration debates often begin in the wrong place. They ask how many migrants a country should accept, which migrants should be prioritised and how quickly they should arrive. These are important ...