Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Paine's Common Sense, published in 1776, helped galvanize colonial support for American independence. Photo illustration by ...

Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” in 1776 as an argument for independence. Americans across the political spectrum have been citing it ever since. By Joseph Rezek Joseph Rezek is an associate ...

In fewer than 50 pages, historians say that Thomas Paine's words in "Common Sense," published in Philadelphia 250 years ago today, would change the course of the American Revolution and world history.

"We have it in our power to begin the world anew." Words written by Thomas Paine in Philadelphia 250 years ago in his pamphlet titled "Common Sense." In fewer than 50 pages, historians say that ...

His “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of the radical founder’s strange and winding story. By Jennifer Schuessler For Thomas ...

A government of our own is our natural right. This was the heart of Thomas Paine's argument in "Common Sense," which was published 250 years ago today. That statement might sound exactly like common ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Reading it now, Paine’s words are a kind of portal back to the ...

Listen to the audio edition here: This is it? On a lovely morning in early spring I’m standing on 3rd Street in Society Hill, staring up, perhaps a bit forlornly, at a sign. The sign is one of those ...

The effort to bring Thomas Paine the recognition he deserves as a Founder and patriot moved another significant step forward when on September 15, 2026, the House Committee on Natural Resources (HCNR) ...

Jeffrey Rosen is CEO emeritus of the National Constitution Center and the author of “The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America.” Jeffrey Rosen ...

Two hundred-and-fifty years ago, on Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published words that changed the course of history: “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” Characterized by Paine as ...