The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Document (with Danielle Allen & Mary Bilder)

Stay Tuned with Preet · Jul 2, 2026 · 56m

What is the relevance of the Declaration of Independence today? Danielle Allen is a political philosopher and a professor at Harvard University. Mary Bilder is a historian of the American Founding Era and a professor at Boston College Law School. They join Preet for a conversation about America’s 250th anniversary and to reflect on the Declaration of Independence: what it really said, what it left out, and why we continue to debate its words so many years later.

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