Over the past several decades, the checks-and-balances of our government have been increasingly tested in ways our founding fathers never anticipated. Tony Dokoupil talks with Jill Lepore, author of ...

For more than two centuries, amendments have allowed our Constitution to grow with the country. The 13th Amendment, for instance put an end to slavery, while the 19th gave women the vote. It was ...

Sept. 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, meant to celebrate the signing of the United States' founding document and all those who have become citizens since. Here's a quick history lesson and ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution." The writer Jill Lepore wrote a history of the United States called ...