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Josh MacAlister urges Andy Burnham to make children in care his personal mission

Every modern US president gets a physical totem of his tenure. What can they teach us about America’s struggle to remember itself?

In 1776, visions of liberty and justice were fraught with compromise, conflict and contradiction. Today, the founders’ words still shape national identity

There are some who fear not, but I am optimistic. The students I meet are interested in defending their Constitution

An irreconcilable sense of alienation and belonging has been one of America’s many gifts to me

Artists, thinkers and leaders from the US and beyond pick the person they think deserves to be honoured: from Abraham Lincoln to Dorothy Parker

High temperatures are leading farmers to cut out chemicals and intensive ploughing to improve soil quality so it retains water

As Ebola cases rise in Congo and Uganda, vaccine developers are accelerating efforts to combat the rare Bundibugyo strain. IAVI CEO Mark Feinberg says a candidate vaccine could enter human trials by year-end. (Source: Bloomberg)

The final budget showdown of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency is already gearing up to be France’s highest-stakes fiscal clash of the decade so far.

Editor’s Note: Few rivalries in American history have been as consequential — or as personal — as the one between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The two men could hardly have been more different. Adams, the stocky and combative Massachusetts lawyer, was blunt to a fault and quick to suspicion. Jef