OPINION: America’s 250th birthday is both a celebration of a nation that reshaped the world and a reckoning with the contradictions, injustices and democratic strains

This proud and boisterous occasion is undeniably tinged with both division and doubt

Democracies rarely last, but ours has. That alone is worth celebrating

America’s 250th birthday should be more than a commemoration. It should be an opportunity for renewal of our founding principles.