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A former communist from Chicago wrote the song in the 1960s, decades before Trump turned it into an anti-immigrant fable.

It’s not enough to bring the articles of impeachment against an official – you have to convict them, too.

If the U.S. government is going to wage unending war, it should at least get the public on its side.

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

Why the Trump Era demands a better understanding of how racism got us into this mess.

Banning them would gut the concept of an armed citizenry as a final, emergency bulwark against tyranny.

Why the American public is infatuated with the relationship between physical fitness and the presidency.

At the height of the Black Power movement, the Bureau focused on the unlikeliest of public enemies: black independent booksellers.

That's the conclusion of a psychology study published in the journal Sciece.

The rise and fall of Clintonism.

It's part of the glorification of the military that's been happening since the first Gulf War.

The Olympics have long enabled global superpowers to enact their political and ideological conflicts in sport.

The Trump Administration has clamored for a military parade. What are the origins of tank-led celebrations?

Policies meant to whiten America almost always backfire.

Trump's plans for the federal workforce sound reasonable, but they would actually undo a century of reforms.

A spate of new books explores the composition and motivations of the demographic that has been credited with electing Trump.

For unpopular presidents, the State of the Union is a minefield.

Sometimes you have to break the rules to create a more democratic system.

A historian reveals the crucial role that he played in helping Daniel Ellsberg leak the documents to journalists.

It wasn't some radical left-wing pipedream. It was moderate; and it worked.

Before Trump, one lobbyist’s pursuit of foreign cash and shady deals laid the groundwork for Washington’s corruption.

The resistance to the Vietnam War was the most diverse and dynamic antiwar movement in U.S. history. We have all but forgotten it today.

Presidents who take on the Bureau rarely win.

Republicans used to take a softer line on immigration. What happened?

Women’s role in the 1920s KKK can teach us about racism today.

Historian Walter Russell Mead has become the favorite Trump whisperer for everyone from Steve Bannon to Tom Cotton.

Clinton's memoir addresses the gendered discourse and larger feminist contexts of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Why the 1969 moon landing signaled the end of the massive American empire of the 20th century.

Another news cycle, another media mogul stirring up electoral buzz.

Lily Geismer reviews the second edition of Corey Robin’s “The Reactionary Mind.”