What do America’s memorials and monuments tell us about our nation and our identity as citizens? How should we memorialize past events and individuals?

One striking feature of the recent "Restoring Honor" rally on the National Mall was how deeply religious and ecumenical it was.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and its relevance for women in Islamic societies.

A now-irrelevant provision of the Voting Rights Act may soon be no more.

New Orleans has elected its first white mayor since 1970 in a city where politics has long been racially divided.

Until the Iowa caucuses a year ago, most blacks rejected Barack Obama in favor of the Democrat who could win.

Barack Obama uses the Hilary Clinton model as president.

Obama is not the first president whose personal popularity bolstered his campaign, but as seen by the decline of Carter, personality alone cannot hold together a coalition.