The Declaration of Independence, which launched our nation into existence, announced an act of separation. It did not proclaim the birth of a new people but rather asserted that Americans had found ...

The U.S. State Department’s “One Flag Policy” mandates that only the American flag — except for specific instances, such as the POW/MIA flag — be flown at U.S. embassies around the world. To ensure a ...

From our colonial origins to our Constitution and beyond, Americans have found ways to unite. The nature of the Union is unique, however. Unlike the sovereign European monarchies of the 17th to 20th ...

The article explores the evolving meaning of the U.S. motto 'E Pluribus Unum' and its implications for unity in American society, examining historical and contemporary challenges.

Unity was a word often spoken by Catholics around metro Atlanta on a historic Thursday. After white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney, an American was announced as the 267th pope. Robert ...

The U.S. has a mixed history of dealing with inclusion and exclusion, and the question of unity remains relevant today.

The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy examines the influence of religious beliefs on political ideologies and sheds light on the ways religion can both unite and divide. In this episode ...

American democracy is struggling with deep polarization. Partisan warfare has supplanted evidence-based problem-solving, and the endless ideological conflict is overwhelming the work of politics. Join ...

In early January, The Washington Post reported that poultry plants that received waivers to increase slaughter line speeds were 10 times more likely to have coronavirus cases as plants without waivers ...