Equality is a fundamental American value. The nation's Declaration of Independence declared equality as a self-evident foundation for political life and the pur

Alexis de Tocqueville, one of the greatest commentators on the American political tradition, viewed it through the lens of two related ideas: liberty and equali

“A tour de force.... No one has ever written a book on the Declaration quite like this one.” —Gordon Wood, New York Review of Books Winner of the Zócalo

The fight for racial equality in the nineteenth century played out not only in marches and political conventions but also in the print and visual culture create

Informing current discussions about the growing gap between rich and poor in the United States, The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America is surprising