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The first woman to run for president was infamous in her day.

The revolution wasn’t only an effort to establish independence from the British—it was also a push to preserve slavery and suppress Native American resistance.

Reflections on Alexander Hamilton, Alexis de Tocqueville, and the power of the presidency.

How dogs permeated slave societies and bolstered European ambitions for colonial expansion and social domination.

The results of the 1920 census kicked off a bitter, decadelong political squabble. Could the same happen again in 2020?

History shows that this blockbuster event is merely a test of organizational strength in one small state.

But did they backfire?

Gouverneur Morris’s views changed during the Constitutional Convention — setting a good example for senators today.

A new history of Andrew Johnson’s trial reminds us the impeachment is a tool to constrain executive abuse of power and publicize dissent on matters of policy.

To fix things, we must acknowledge the nature of the problem.

Dan Berger interviews Stuart Schrader about his new book on US imperialism.

By examining the upheaval of the nineteen-thirties, we can recognize similarities between today and democracy's last near-death experience.

Charles I was charged with high treason, waging war against his people and conspiring to deprive them of their rights and liberties.

The Constitution originally provided for the selection of senators by state legislatures, but the 17th Amendment changed that, and with it, the Senate itself.

A batch of quietly released documents confirms what many have long suspected.

What does winning in Iowa really mean?

An historian debunks the vice president’s op-ed.

As Eisenhower predicted, there is no balance left, as U.S. policy is reduced to who we threaten, bomb, or occupy next.

Why criminalizing political opposition can be dangerous.

Responding to “Race and the Paradoxes of the Night,” by Celeste Henery.

Andrew Bacevich makes the case that America’s elites wasted the promise of the post-Cold War era.

A review of "Great Society: A New History," by Amity Shlaes.

Bourne’s affinity with outsiders drove his vision of making North America a united states of communities. His writings have become more relevant than ever.

John Adams worried that “a division of the republic into two great parties … is to be dreaded as the great political evil.”

Looking to the local level showcases how women claimed their rights in Early America.

Daniel Bell was the prophet of a failed centrism. By the end of his life, he was revisiting the leftism of his youth.

The Founding Father’s account of the Constitutional Convention includes a famous conversation about causes for impeachment.

Betrayal. Paranoia. Cowardice. We've been here before.

Over 1000 historians have signed this statement condemning President Trump's actions.

Breaking with party unity can be costly. In the 1950's, Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine faced backlash after she condemned McCarthy, a fellow Republican.