Thomas Mallon

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

As our faith in the future plummets and the present blends with the past, we feel certain that we’ve reached the point where history has fallen apart.

As a student in Paris and a photographer at the Washington Times-Herald, the future First Lady worked behind the lens to bring her own ideas into focus.

A hundred years ago, the U.S. was riven by disease, inflamed with racial violence, and torn between isolation and globalism. Sound familiar?

In the case of Chester Arthur, the story is one of surprising redemption.

On the centenary of his birth, seeking the man behind the myth.