Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Harper's Weekly image of the first reading of the Declaration of Independence outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July ...

“The United States of America is a federal republic: a federation of states governed by written constitutions,” wrote Russell Kirk. The Constitution created a republican form of government. A ...

As the nation observes its 250th birthday, historians can help settle one present-day dispute: Is the United States a democracy or a republic? For years, advocates have argued the point. Yet the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Barbara Clark Smith, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) As the nation observes ...