The United States turns 250 this year. The celebrations are already underway – and so are the questions.
President Donald Trump has placed himself at the center of the celebration in Washington, DC, with plans full of celebrations and fireworks. Nationally, leadership has turned into a lively conversation about what America stands for today — how we all grapple with American identity, politics, and competing visions of the country.
Vox reporters have been asking those questions, too, and yielding surprising insights into American history, smart ideas about our future, and even unheralded good news about the present. The stories below examine America’s quarter of a millennium from different angles, looking at the forces shaping American life in the 250s and beyond.
