Stephen Holmes revisits how the founding document of the United States dealt with rights, citizenship, and equality.
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The Declaration Heard Around the World
Jun 15, 2026
Stephen Holmes
Steve Pincus explains why the Declaration of Independence was pro-immigration, anti-tariff, and broadly egalitarian.
How a fundamental tension in the declaration echoed through U.S. foreign policy.
Sarah M.S. Pearsall shows how the Declaration of Independence’s views on Indigenous people shaped America’s role in the world.
David Armitage explains how the Declaration of Independence created a template for subsequent revolutionary movements.
You won’t find any mention of the struggle for democracy in the official July 4th celebrations by the Trump administration
The men who signed the Declaration of Independence were flawed, but what they did in the summer of 1776 changed the world forever…
