Power

The only president before Trump to win, lose, and win again ended up decimating his own party during his second term.

Over the course of decades, social democracy abandoned workers. Then workers abandoned social democracy.

Explore the groundbreaking career of the first Black woman to seek the U.S. presidency.

A new history of the CPUSA reads like a Cold War throwback.

Donald Trump’s victory will inevitably reopen the “fascism debate.” But does a populist whose appeal cuts across diverse groups truly fit the fascist profile?

America’s only successful insurrection.

From the French Revolution to January 6th, crowds have been heroized and vilified. Now they’re a field of study.

Democrats have often described Latinos as decisive when they support liberal candidates and inconsequential when they don’t.

We don't need to find heroes in our past presidents. We need to try to understand that tyranny has always been part of American freedom.

We must stand by the principles of the open society, pluralism, freedom, and mutual toleration.

Some early progressives may have been advocates of states’ rights, but they misunderstood the philosophy of the American Founding.

As a congressman, Davy Crockett found ways to navigate populist upheaval and maintain his own independence.

When the Minnesota’s Farmer-Labor Party merged into the Democratic machine, its populist energies were chewed up and spat out.

Donald’s Trump’s resounding 2024 victory echoes electoral shifts of the past.

Often, the proper scope of the First Amendment can be determined only by considering both text and context.

Shifting voting patterns suggest it’s possible, but only if they persist through subsequent elections.

It’s not whom you’d want to get a beer with, but whom you’d want to watch getting a beer.

Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to balancing power.

How a local prosecutor protected white supremacists and went on to a career in Washington, DC.

This year’s momentous vote strangely resembles one of the most consequential elections in American history.

A new historical study finds that Congress’s authority to investigate crime is “indispensable” to the system of checks and balances.

When polarization lacks clear consequences, Americans are left with "a grin without a cat: a politics with only weak policy influence or institutional ties."

Congress's role in shaping policies like the Affordable Care Act and exonerating Port Chicago sailors is often overlooked, overshadowed by the president.

Political campaigns have often misunderstood Latino voters, oversimplifying their diversity and facing challenges in outreach and engagement.

Eight years into the fascism debate, few skeptics seem to be willing to admit that they were wrong.

State efforts to usurp local government power over schools, elections, and police tend to diminish Black political power.

Last minute disclosures or revelations can play an outsized role in the last weeks before an election.

The election of 1801 offers a first-hand example of how current events can offer historians new perspectives on the past.

Donald Trump wants the ideology of William McKinley and Gilded Age Republicanism, but with a totally different social base. It won’t work.

Fighting over the legacy of a conservative hero in the era of Trump.