To mark America's Semiquincentennial, TIME is asking 250 experts to tell us about something that captures the essence of American life today. How Shepard Fairey Created TIME's 'Our America' Cover The ...

A disturbing "Make America Safe Again" banner has been mounted outside the Justice Department headquarters in what many are viewing as a glaring indication of the deterioration of civil liberties in ...

Trying to figure out whether South America is safe often feels like asking whether Europe or Asia is safe. It's one massive continent with wildly different countries, and lumping them together doesn't ...

250 years ago, the Declaration of Independence boldly heralded the birth of the United States of America — a new nation founded on the democratic promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ...