Author and historian Jill Lepore’s new book examines the political gridlock that has left many voters disillusioned with both ...

Thanks in part to our current contentious, partisan political climate, there have been calls for modifying or replacing the ...

On Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her new book, “We the People: A History of the U.S.

The left, fuming over the Supreme Court’s conservative majority and its commitment to the plain text of the confounded Constitution, is mounting a new push against originalism. That’s judicial jargon ...

Our constitution has been amended only 27 times in its 236 years of existence. It is very hard to change. In fact, the U.S. Constitution, among all national constitutions, is the most difficult to ...

Philanthropists worry about false positives – grants that don’t pan out in the way they had hoped and planned, or, even worse, that do more harm than good. In my time as a funder, I certainly extended ...

There’s no chance of Congress amending the Constitution and getting such a change ratified by 38 states in time for the next ...

Proposals to Amend the Constitution of the State of Vermont The Vermont General Assembly is proposing voters amend the Constitution of the State of Vermont. Proposal 3 has passed two successive ...

The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a bill aimed at changing the Arkansas Constitution to require ballot titles of citizen-initiated ballot measures to be readable, clear and concise and not exceed ...