Washington’s July 4 parade is off. The fireworks are still on
Organizers called off the Independence Day Parade late Friday, citing an extreme heat warning with temperatures expected to reach up…
Opinion: America is still a work in progress
Poets like Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes have written movingly about America.
Reflections on America’s 250th birthday
NPR member station reporters across the U.S. asked people how they are thinking about their country on its semiquincentennial.