Power

The Korean War upended the constitutional balance of war powers. It has been cited by presidents ever since.

Seven scholars discuss the definition, nature, practice, and periodization of corruption in the United States.

America’s long history of manipulating its headcount for political gain.

The history of presidential campaigns shows the extent to which the language of politics remains gendered.

From the 80s onwards, the borderlands were rife with paramilitary cruelty and racism. But the president’s rhetoric has thrown fuel on the fire.

White nationalists have long used the holiday to advance their dreams of a white country.

In times of moral crisis, everyone picks a side — even those proclaiming neutrality.

How the region switched from being the stronghold of one party to the base of its adversary.

A review of Robert Dallek's book, "Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life."

There’s a bad synergy at work between the short-termism of the news cycle and the longue durée-ism of the academy.

The Green New Deal’s mastermind is a precocious New Yorker with big ambitions. Sound familiar?

The speeches present the country’s condition as a puzzle that’s missing one piece, which the candidate can supply.

How much do we expect our presidents to rest?

The borderlands have “been transformed into a vast graveyard of the missing.”

A new history of the early republic explores the origins of originalism.

The first episode of NPR's new history podcast tells the story of a 1953 coup that set the stage for US-Middle East relations ever since.

All that talk about "reclaiming" congressional war powers? Historically, Congress has applauded presidential wars.

What the battle between Herbert Hoover and FDR can teach us.

The problem with progressive intellectuals looking to the nation's founders for progressive models.

How the so-called champion of the common man set a precedent for using federal troops to quash labor unrest.

The trends that brought us Howard Schultz (and Donald Trump) started in the 1970s.

The idea that democracy and billionaires are incompatible might seem radical to conservatives. But to America’s founders, it seemed like common sense.

How the Klan’s extensive networks of patriarchal power enabled abusive men to prey on women.

From 1947 until the 1990s, an estimated 10,000 LGBTQ people were pushed out of government and military positions.

2016 was not the first election in which a foreign power tried to interfere – Nazis and Soviets tried it too.

How two Jewish American political consultants helped create the world’s largest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.

Starting the process will rein in a president undermining American ideals—and bring the debate into Congress, where it belongs.

Historian Mae Ngai reflects on how a century of immigration law created a crisis.

Why Anthony Scaramucci’s turn on “Celebrity Big Brother” shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Democrats should proudly trumpet the New Deal — and extend it.