Neither Bone Nor Stone: Why the US Constitution Was Meant to be Amended

Neither Bone Nor Stone: Why the US Constitution Was Meant to be Amended

From Jill Lepore’s Cundill Prize-Shortlisted We the People

By Jill Lepore | September 10, 2026

A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

Jill Lepore Considers a Vietnam-Era Precedent to a Timely Presidential Problem

By Jill Lepore | July 1, 2026

Jill Lepore on Early American Ideas of Nationalism

Jill Lepore on Early American Ideas of Nationalism

"Inevitably, the age of national bootblacks and national oyster houses and national blacksmiths produced national history books."

By Jill Lepore | June 4, 2019

Eleanor Roosevelt:

Eleanor Roosevelt: "Can a Woman Ever Be President of the United States?"

Jill Lepore on One of the Greatest First Ladies of All Time

By Jill Lepore | April 27, 2017

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