Steve Pincus explains why the Declaration of Independence was pro-immigration, anti-tariff, and broadly egalitarian.
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The Declaration Heard Around the World
Jun 15, 2026
Steve Pincus
Stephen Holmes revisits how the founding document of the United States dealt with rights, citizenship, and equality.
Sarah M.S. Pearsall shows how the Declaration of Independence’s views on Indigenous people shaped America’s role in the world.
Aziz Huq considers the implications of the Trump administration's aggressive, unilateralist foreign policy.
HuffPost spoke with a former ICE detainee, an organizer for day laborers, a retired immigration judge and others about what an…
How a fundamental tension in the declaration echoed through U.S. foreign policy.
You won’t find any mention of the struggle for democracy in the official July 4th celebrations by the Trump administration
