150 people from 50 countries become US citizens at Mount Vernon on America’s 250th birthday

The people who were about to become United States citizens sat in folding chairs on George Washington’s lawn at Mount Vernon ...

A Twist in This Year’s Strangest Literary AI Scandal

In May, the largely unknown 62-year-old Trinidadian writer was named a regional winner of the prestigious Commonwealth Prize ...
Pew Research Center

106 countries and territories around the world are democracies

Note: Data is based on 106 countries classified as democracies and includes some fully self-governing territories whose sovereign status is disputed. Refer to the methodology to learn more about how ...
Smithsonian Magazine

To Recreate One of the American Revolution’s Most Famous Paintings, This Artist Painstakingly Crafted Miniature Wax Figures of the Nation’s Founders

Bartlett M. Frost’s diorama is modeled after John Trumbull's depiction of the presentation of the Declaration of Independence ...