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"We the People"; US Constitution

It Would Be Great if the United States Were Actually a Democracy

The pervasive mythmaking about the supposed wisdom of the founders has covered up a central truth: the US Constitution is an antidemocratic mess.

by Aziz Rana, Chris Maisano via Jacobin on February 16, 2021

A red, white, and blue star over a cropped portrait of James Madison.

America Must Become a Democracy

The authors of the Constitution feared mass participation would unsettle government, but it’s the privileged minority that has proved destabilizing.

by David Frum via The Atlantic on February 15, 2021

Civil rights era photo of young people protesting for voting rights in between black and white photos of black people lined up to vote

American Democracy Is Only 55 Years Old—And Hanging by a Thread

Black civil-rights activists—and especially Black women—delivered on the promise of the Founding. Their victories are in peril.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on February 11, 2021

A man during the Capitol Siege holding a Confederate flag.

The Case for a Third Reconstruction

The enduring lesson of American history is that the republic is always in danger when white supremacist sedition and violence escape justice.

by Manisha Sinha via New York Review of Books on February 3, 2021

Voter with mask

Election of 2020

A look back at what historians have had to say about this epic contest over the nation's future.

Donald and Melania Trump waving from airplane.

How America Changed During Donald Trump’s Presidency

Donald Trump's four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a unique figure.

by Michael Dimock, John Gramlich via Pew Research Center on January 29, 2021

Charles Mills

Charles Mills Thinks Liberalism Still Has a Chance

A wide-ranging conversation with the philosopher on the white supremacist roots of liberal thought, Biden’s victory, and Trumpism without Trump.

by Charles W. Mills, Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins via The Nation on January 28, 2021

Ronald Reagan

The Fairness Doctrine Sounds A Lot Better Than It Actually Was

A return to the fairness doctrine wouldn't curb the damage caused by the far-right media ecosystem fueling much of America's conspiracy-driven politics.

by Nicole Hemmer via CNN on January 27, 2021

Political Scientist Angie Maxwell on Countering the 'Long Southern Strategy'

For decades, the Republican Party has used what's known as "the Southern Strategy" to win white support in the region.

by Angie Maxwell, Benjamin Barber via Facing South on January 22, 2021

State troopers guarding a roadblock during an armed standoff at the “embassy” of the separatist group Republic of Texas, Fort Davis, Texas, May 1997

Why It’s Time to Take Secessionist Talk Seriously

Disunion is hardly a new theme in American politics. In this moment of tumult, it would be unwise to rule out its return.

by Richard Kreitner via New York Review of Books on January 19, 2021

Raphael Warnock

Warnock’s Win Was 150 Years In the Making — But History Tells Us It Is Fragile

The selection of African American Sen. Hiram Revels in 1870 offered great hope — but it was soon dashed.

by William Sturkey via Made By History on January 18, 2021

President Abraham Lincoln, bareheaded at center, giving the Gettysburg Address, Pennsylvania, 1863

The Party of Lincoln Ignores His Warning Against Mobocracy

“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law,” declared the man who would be America’s sixteenth president.

by Sarah Churchwell via New York Review of Books on January 15, 2021

Flags flying at the Capitol Siege, including one that says "Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president."

The Capitol Riot Revealed the Darkest Nightmares of White Evangelical America

How 150 years of apocalyptic agitation culminated in an insurrection.

by Matthew Avery Sutton via The New Republic on January 14, 2021

Why Trump Isn't a Fascist

The storming of the Capitol on 6 January was not a coup. But American democracy is still in danger.

by Richard J. Evans via New Statesman on January 13, 2021

Person walking with Confederate flag inside of the U.S. Capitol

The Capitol Riot Reveals the Dangers From the Enemy Within

But the belief that America previously had a well-functioning democracy is an illusion.

by Eric Foner via The Nation on January 8, 2021

Person walks with Confederate flag in the U.S. Capitol

The Whole Story in a Single Photo

An image from the Capitol captures the distance between who we purport to be and who we have actually been.

by Clint Smith via The Atlantic on January 8, 2021

Man with a pistol at his hip carries the retired flag of Mississippi with a confederate battle emblem in it, and a Trump 2020 flag.

Yes, Wednesday’s Attempted Insurrection Is Who We Are

While Wednesday's images shocked us, they fit into our history.

by Gregory P. Downs, Kate Masur via Made By History on January 8, 2021

Trump at a podium campaigning.

1846 — Not 1861 — Reminds Us Why Seceding Won’t Work For Disgruntled Trump Supporters

Trump fans are better off as Americans.

by Thomas Richards Jr. via Made By History on January 4, 2021

Ebenezer Baptist: MLK’s Church Makes New History With Warnock Victory

Georgia Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock is pastor of the church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached.

by DeNeen L. Brown via Retropolis on January 3, 2021

Man waves Trump flag in front of the Supreme Court

When States Try to Bend Other States to Their Will, it Threatens the American Union

States have a legitimate way to influence national politics. Forcing their will on other states isn't it.

by Grace Mallon via Made By History on December 14, 2020

Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams

The Long History of Black Women Organizing in Georgia Might Decide Senate Control

Black women in Georgia have shaped local and state politics for more than a century.

by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham via Made By History on December 10, 2020

Henry Wallace.

The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party

Centrist Democrats who blamed the left for election losses would do well to remember the people who have fought for and shaped the party’s history.

by Michael Brenes, Michael Koncewicz via The Nation on December 9, 2020

Comic with Donald Trump at the head of a White House conference room.

The End of the Businessman President

Donald Trump’s catastrophic tenure will be the nail in the coffin of the worst idea in politics: that the government can be run like a corporation.

by Kyle Edward Williams via The New Republic on December 9, 2020

Camp meeting

The Long Road to White Christians' Trumpism

Any effective soul-searching must take into account the history of white American Christian support for white supremacist power.

by Elizabeth L. Jemison via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on December 8, 2020

a stadium full of people

McCarthyism Was Never Defeated. Trumpism Won’t Be Either.

Censure brought down a crusading anti-communist senator but fired up his followers.

by Beverly Gage via Washington Post on December 4, 2020

Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Thanksgiving, November 26th, 2020.

“Almost the Complete Opposite of Fascism”

A conversation with Corey Robin on the surprisingly weak presidency of Donald Trump.

by Corey Robin, David Klion via Jewish Currents on December 4, 2020

Minority Rule Cannot Last in America

by Kenneth Owen via The Atlantic on December 2, 2020

Joe Biden walking in a church cemetery

Joe Biden's Harshest Critics Are Likely To Be Some of His Fellow Catholics

The fight between Biden and conservative Catholics will be about more than policy.

by Theresa Keeley via Made By History on November 30, 2020

The Lincoln Memorial.

Channeling Lincoln’s Ideological Balancing Act Will Lead Biden to Success

In his time, the 16th president drew comparisons to a famous tightrope walker.

by David S. Reynolds via Made By History on November 20, 2020

Rudy Giuliani speaking at a Trump rally

Republicans Won’t Speak Out Against Trump Because They’re Afraid Politically

And history says they have a reason to be.

by Michael Koncewicz via Made By History on November 20, 2020

Pro-Trump protester.

The True Danger of Trump and His Media Allies Denying the Election Results

Misinformation and conspiracy theories can foment violence and thwart democracy.

by William Horne via Made By History on November 19, 2020

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