To mark the occasion of America’s centennial, the people of Taunton, Massachusetts, invited James Russell Lowell—distinguished poet, founding editor of The Atlantic—to compose and read an ode for the ...

How could you not be patriotic? It was impossible not to count my lucky stars like the billowing white sails that dotted the ...

This Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and former journalist is jumping into a new medium: graphic novels. Rick Atkinson is delving into the new form with the first adaptation of a six-book series.

The U.S. is turning 250 this weekend. To mark the anniversary, we discuss the films and TV series that best depict the American dream.

Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens and a letter about the Fourth of July. Also: Food education, for children and parents.

From her 2006 debut single to record-breaking chart achievements in 2026, Taylor Swift’s career spans country, pop, and indie ...