The United States can only promote human rights abroad if it begins from a position of humility, acknowledging that the struggle to make America a more perfect union is ongoing.

This year saw progress in areas from species comebacks to space exploration.

History will judge the Trump presidency to have been a consequential one, but more for its destructive effects than for its achievements.

Now more than ever, democracy’s champions need to hang together. The Biden administration should approach its proposed Summit for Democracy in the spirit of humility rather than hubris.