Power

The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.

Too bad Trump isn't a student of history.

A preview of Trumpism in 2010 protests against a proposed mosque in lower Manhattan.

After Democrats lost in 1876, they set about investigating the new Republican president — only for everything to backfire.

No, “liberal” and “progressive” aren’t synonyms. They have completely different histories—and the differences matter.

Our launch protocols were designed to bypass checks and balances for a quick retaliation.

Much more than time separates the 27th president from the 45th.

A conversation on party politics and the durability of our current political system.

This weekend is the anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s fateful decision to enter the 1968 presidential race. What if he hadn’t?

Dozens of newly declassified documents show foreign service staff raising serious concerns about a range of U.S. policies abroad.

Three new books paint a more nuanced portrait of the American militias whose gun rights have been protected since the founding.

Obama's desire to “look forward” on torture has enabled Trump to look backward in his appointment of a new CIA director.

The anti-Semitic seeds of its use were firmly planted 75 years ago.

To make a more perfect union, don’t look to the Founding Fathers.

The 2016 election wasn't the first time that a disinformation campaign was used against America.

The Times, as a “venomous Abolition Journal” could not be trusted to provide the truth for a white, slave-owning southerner.

The rise and fall of the defense contractor who bought off Navy brass with meals, liquor, women and bribes.

Today's Israel lobby is one of the most powerful forces in Washington, but how did it start?

Errol Morris and the hot cold war.

Exaggerating the danger of the group only creates new problems.

An animated excerpt of an article from W.E.B. Du Bois depicts the “double-consciousness of a dark body.”

Although he was denied his House seat, Menard continued his activism with the goal of uniting people across the Western Hemisphere.

We may not be in the midst of a war today, but the progress of democracy in this country is still tied to the rights of its most vulnerable citizens.

A republic needs a legislature that can handle such tasks. We don’t have one.

How a demagogue resembles a typhoon, and why it matters to the future of the republic.

It’s unsurprising considering the public careers of today’s political leaders began in the 1970s.

From fee-based governance to the “friendships” between the rich and public officials, the 19th century practices we once banished are back.

Instead of revitalizing the Democratic coalition, the commission's report exposed the fractures in American society.

The enlistment of black soldiers in the Union Army is well-known, but their Navy counterparts played an integral role, too.

Russian serfdom and American slavery ended within two years of each other; the defenders of these systems of bondage surprisingly shared many of the same arguments.