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Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History

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White paper peeled back to reveal presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Donald Trump in red stripes.

Backlash Presidents

How three eras of racial progress gave way to the presidencies of Johnson, Nixon, and Trump.

by Julia Azari via Princeton University Press on September 30, 2025

Political cartoon of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis pulling apart a US map while McClellan tries to hold them together.

Politics Is More Partisan Now, But It’s Not More Divisive

And anyway, agreement between the two parties has often masked serious problems.

by Julia Azari via FiveThirtyEight on January 19, 2018

Trump Is A 19th-Century President Facing 21st-Century Problems

His hands-off approach to policy-making and moral leadership hearkens back to much earlier times.

by Julia Azari via FiveThirtyEight on August 28, 2017

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