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168 Days: Recalling an Old-Fashioned Court Packing Drama

After months of political maneuvering, intrigue, backroom bargaining, and furious oratory, the fate of FDR's plan was clear.

by Robert W. Merry via The American Conservative on March 27, 2019

The Southern Paradox: The Democratic Party Below the Mason-Dixon Line

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

by Michael Kazin via The Nation on February 21, 2019

Unchecked Power

How monopolies have flourished—and undermined democracy.

by Ganesh Sitaraman via The New Republic on November 29, 2018

A Love Letter to an Extinct Creature: The Liberal Republican

“The Improbable Wendell Willkie” offers a look at how American politics might have been.

by Benjamin C. Waterhouse via Washington Post on November 21, 2018

Democrats Aren’t Moving Left. They’re Returning to Their Roots.

Many on both sides are worried about the party’s leftward swing. They say it’s a deviation from the mainstream. It’s not.

by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on November 4, 2018

When Economists Took Socialism Seriously

If there’s one thing worth taking away from the new White House report on socialism, it’s that economics is a political argument.

by Tim Barker via Dissent on October 25, 2018

America’s Missing Labor Party

The history of labor strikes shows that, in order to achieve lasting success, workers need to capture political power.

by David Sessions via The New Republic on October 2, 2018

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Known Unknowns

The elusive meaning of privacy in America.

by Katrina Forrester via Harper’s on September 1, 2018

Socialism and the Liberal Imagination

How do socialist demands become liberal common sense? The history of the New Deal offers a useful lesson.

by Mason B. Williams via Dissent on August 8, 2018

Lessons From the Gilded Age

America today has a lot in common with that bygone era of monopolies and gross inequality. But will the country respond similarly?

by Sarah Jones via The New Republic on June 13, 2018

The Long, Tortured History of the Job Guarantee

How liberals, over decades, worked to undermine a proposal that has long enjoyed public support.

by Peter-Christian Aigner, Michael Brenes via The New Republic on May 11, 2018

A New Kind Of City Tour Shows The History Of Racist Housing Policy

Redlining tours explain how policies designed to keep minorities out of certain areas shaped the urban landscapes we see today.

by Adele Peters via Fast Company on April 23, 2018

Identity Politics Can Make or Break the Democratic Party

Racial justice energized the party in the past. It can today too.

by Eric Schickler via Vox on April 16, 2018

Fighting Words

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

by Sean Wilentz via Democracy Journal on March 20, 2018

Trump speaks to auto workers.

Donald Trump Wants to Take Republicans Back to Their Roots

The GOP was once the party of protectionism, while the Democrats led the way on free trade.

by Jennifer Delton via Made By History on March 12, 2018

Between Obama and Coates

Because both thinkers neglect political economy, they end up promoting a politics that is responsible for the nation's growing inequality.

by Touré F. Reed via Catalyst on March 12, 2018

Men break ground on the first Public Works Administration project.

Infrastructure is Good for Business

During the Depression, business leaders knew that public works funding was key to economic growth. Why have we forgotten that lesson?

by Brent Cebul on March 12, 2018

Somewhere in Between

The rise and fall of Clintonism.

by Ryan Cooper via The Nation on February 14, 2018

How Redlining Segregated Philadelphia

Decades after civil rights laws overruled policies that starved non-white neighborhoods of investment, deep disparities linger.

by Jake Blumgart via Next City on December 8, 2017

Hating on Herbert Hoover

Hoover was a brilliant manager, a wizard of logistics, and an effective humanitarian. Why do we remember him as a failure?

by Nicholas Lemann via The New Yorker on October 23, 2017

The Power Historian

What was Arthur Schlesinger’s “vital center”?

by David Marcus via The Nation on October 12, 2017

How Puerto Rico Recovered Before

The island’s New Deal history offers an alternative to disaster capitalism.

by Kate Aronoff via In These Times on September 26, 2017

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Business as Usual: The Long History of Corporate Personhood

The mass defection of CEOs of some of the nation’s most powerful corporations from President Trump’s now-defunct Manufacturing Jobs Initiative.

by Lawrence B. Glickman via Boston Review on August 23, 2017

The Return of Monopoly

With Amazon on the rise and a business tycoon in the White House, can a new generation of Democrats return the party to its trust-busting roots?

by Matt Stoller via The New Republic on July 13, 2017

How the Right Gets Reagan Wrong

And what will happen if they don't start getting him right.

by Henry Olson via Politico Magazine on June 26, 2017

Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act.

This Amazing Woman is the Forgotten Architect of the American Social Security System

You can thank her for your retirement benefits.

by Stephanie Buck via Timeline on June 8, 2017

The Roots of Segregation

"The Color of Law" offers an indicting critique of the progressive agenda.

by Carl Paulus via The American Conservative on May 5, 2017

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Why Conservative Evangelicals Have Lined Up for Trump

It’s a match made in heaven.

by Molly Worthen via The Atlantic on May 1, 2017

The Most Successful First 100 Days Of An Administration Didn't Belong To Who You Think

Dwight Eisenhower did more in his first hundred days than change laws—he changed a culture.

by Kevin M. Kruse via Esquire on April 27, 2017

How Tax Policy Created the 1%

For nearly a century, American tax policy has privileged the investor class and advanced the accumulation of white wealth.

by Julia Ott via Dissent on April 18, 2017

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