4th of July

Why Do Carrot Hot Dogs Make You So Mad?

How nationalism, xenophobia, and advertising created a nation of uncompromising wiener evangelists

Benjamin Franklin and His Son, Divided by Independence

A new dual biography tells how the American Revolution drove the Franklins apart.

This Is What Your Hot Dog and Burger Are Doing to the Planet

The Dangerous Lies We Tell About America's Founding

Myths may comfort us, but facts are our best weapon against Tea Party perversions

No, the EPA Isn't Waging War on the Fourth of July

But fireworks can do real damage to humans and the environment

This Man Has Identified a Piece of Amelia Earhart's Lost Plane—and May Really Know What Happened to Her

How the Complete Meaning of July Fourth Is Slipping Away