Power

U.S. presidential elections didn't drag on so long before the late sixties.

It took much longer — and went much further — than we think.

The National Conservatism Conference in Washington had a very 1930s vibe.

America has rarely treated all people with HIV equally.

And why comparisons to concentration camps failed to shut them down.

The nativist activist helped make anti-immigrant politics mainstream.

And it’s not simply that he calls himself a socialist.

It happened during Andrew Jackson’s administration, with fatal consequences.

And what Congress can learn from his efforts.

By naming a common enemy the Union Army was able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic destruction of slavery.

From Germans and Irish to blacks and Jews, new Americans often have been told to “go home.”

America won its freedom thanks to strong alliances.

Nancy Pelosi's reluctance to impeach Trump only denies the reality of his transgressions.

Views that were fringe in Perot’s day had, by the 2016 election, taken center stage.

White liberals opposed segregation in the South, but fought tooth-and-nail to keep it in the North.

How a profit-driven approach to water rights left the west high and dry.

Past defeats still scare older Democratic leaders — but not the younger generation.

The question is which vision of America it’s being used to advance.

1776 began as a petty squabble among odious and powerful elites. It soon became the lodestar of emancipatory movements everywhere.

The Declaration of Independence advocates for liberty and equality. We would do well to remember those principles today.

The declaration's words and sentiments have inspired nations and movements around the world.

"Honor America Day" was designed to showcase support for President Nixon at a time of bitter division.

Executive power and the Constitution.

And why we need another one.

The Cold War and today.

The candidate’s years as an anti-busing crusader cannot be forgotten—or readily forgiven.

"Inevitably, the age of national bootblacks and national oyster houses and national blacksmiths produced national history books."

The shift in attitudes about Nixon's impeachment suggests that Congress' actions can shape public opinion.

I reviewed publications from the founding era, and discovered that “executive power” doesn’t imply what most scholars thought.

A review of a book by Sean Wilentz's "No Property in Man," which argues that the document is full of anti-slavery language.