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What Could Go Wrong for Trump on July 4th? In 1970, Protests and Tear Gas Marred the Day.

"Honor America Day" was designed to showcase support for President Nixon at a time of bitter division.
by Ronald G. Shafer via Retropolis on July 2, 2019

Will Support Grow for Impeaching Trump? Data on Nixon Offers a Clue.

The shift in attitudes about Nixon's impeachment suggests that Congress' actions can shape public opinion.
by Greg Sargent via Washington Post on June 3, 2019

The Birthplace of American Slavery Debated Abolishing it After Nat Turner’s Bloody Revolt

Virginia engaged in “the most public, focused, and sustained discussion of slavery and emancipation that ever occurred."
by Gregory S. Schneider via Retropolis on June 1, 2019

‘It’s a Racial Thing, Don’t Kid Yourself’: An Oral History of Chicago’s 1983 Mayoral Race

How Harold Washington became Chicago’s first black mayor.
by Jordan Heller via Intelligencer on April 2, 2019

It's Time to Stop Talking About a 'National Divorce'

The right's eagerness for a "peaceful separation" of the nation echoes pieces of race war fiction.
by Christian Vanderbrouk via The Bulwark on March 21, 2019
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Andrew Jackson: Our First Populist President

He never denounced slavery and was brutal towards American Indians, but remains a popular figure. Why?
by Jeff Taylor via The American Conservative on February 8, 2019

The Unbelievable Story of the Plot Against George Soros

How two Jewish American political consultants helped create the world’s largest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.
by Hannes Grassegger via BuzzFeed News on January 20, 2019
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The Revolving Door Between Reality TV and the Trump Administration

Why Anthony Scaramucci’s turn on “Celebrity Big Brother” shouldn’t come as a surprise.
by Kathryn Cramer Brownell via Made By History on January 15, 2019
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The Supreme Court Confirmation Process is Actually Less Political Than it Once Was

Our fights over nominees might be bitter, but they’re still less contentious than the 19th century.
by Timothy S. Huebner via Made By History on December 12, 2018
Trump among a group of people with heads bowed in prayer.

Evangelicalism and Politics

Four historians weigh in on evangelicals' affinity for Trump – and their commitment to the conservative movement more broadly.
by John Fea, Lerone A. Martin, Laura Gifford, R. Marie Griffith via The American Historian on November 30, 2018

The Question Without a Solution

The horrors of the fugitive slave laws, the costs of union, and the value of comity.
by Alan Jacobs via Weekly Standard on November 24, 2018
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'Tribalism’ Doesn’t Explain Our Political Conflicts

We should look to history – not prehistory – to understand current political challenges.
by Adam Rothman via Washington Post on November 14, 2018

What Thucydides Knew About the US Today

His accounts of polarization in ancient Athens are as relevant today they were thousands of years ago.
by Edward Mendelson via New York Review of Books on October 29, 2018

How History Class Divides Us

What if America's inability to agree on its shared history—and how to teach it—is a cause of our polarization and political dysfunction, rather than a symptom?
by Stephen Sawchuk via Education Week on October 23, 2018

America Descends Into the Politics of Rage

Trump and other peddlers of angry rhetoric may reap short-term gains, but history suggests they will provoke a fearsome backlash.
by Joanne B. Freeman via The Atlantic on October 22, 2018

The Man Who Broke Politics

Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in it.
by McKay Coppins via The Atlantic on October 15, 2018
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The Senate Has Lost Its Way

Here's how it's supposed to handle Supreme Court nominations.
by Dov Weinryb Grohsgal via Made By History on October 6, 2018

America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare

The Founders designed a government that would resist mob rule. They didn’t anticipate how strong the mob could become.
by Jeffrey Rosen via The Atlantic on September 12, 2018

What Makes ‘The Living Dead’ My Film of 1968

In so many ways, George Romero's lo-budget horror film defined the year 1968.
by J. Hoberman via New York Review of Books on September 4, 2018

Convulsions Within: When Printing the Declaration of Independence Turns Partisan

Even America's founding document isn't immune to the powers of polarization.
by Emily Sneff via Age of Revolutions on July 4, 2018

Donald Trump, The Resistance, and the Limits of Normcore Politics

There’s no returning to a golden age of American democracy that never existed.
by Matthew Yglesias via Vox on July 3, 2018

How the ‘Watergate Babies’ Broke American Politics

In an effort to open Congress, they institutionalized a confrontational style that permeates contemporary politics today.
by John A. Lawrence via Politico Magazine on May 26, 2018

How Baby Boomers Broke America

Is the Baby Boomer generation to blame for America's crumbling roads, galloping income inequality, bitter polarization and dysfunctional government?
by Steven Brill via TIME on May 17, 2018

The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy

The class divide is already toxic, and is fast becoming unbridgeable. You’re probably part of the problem.
by Matthew Stewart via The Atlantic on May 16, 2018

Are the Parties Dying?

A conversation on party politics and the durability of our current political system.
by Christopher Caldwell, Michael Kazin, Frances Lee, David Karol via Democracy Journal on March 19, 2018

Democrats and Republicans Are Increasingly Divided On the Value of Teaching Black History

Partisanship is much more polarized by racial attitudes than it was 20 years ago.
by Michael Tesler via Washington Post on February 28, 2018
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LBJ’s 1968 State of the Union Was a Disaster. Can President Trump Avoid His Fate?

For unpopular presidents, the State of the Union is a minefield.
by Kyle Longley via Made By History on January 30, 2018

Democracy Is Norm Erosion

Sometimes you have to break the rules to create a more democratic system.
by Corey Robin via Jacobin on January 29, 2018

Bad Boys

How “Cops” became the most polarizing reality TV show in America.
by Tim Stelloh via The Marshall Project on January 22, 2018
High school student in Shreveport.

Taking a Knee and Taking Down a Monument

The struggle over Shreveport's Confederate monument converges with talk about a national anthem protest by high-schoolers.
by Brent McDonald via New York Times Op-Docs on January 9, 2018
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