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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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Polarized Lenses

The battle lines taking shape across America's political, media, and cultural spaces seem to be thickening by the day. How can history help us navigate this growing polarization?

The History of Russian Involvement in America's Race Wars

From propaganda posters to Facebook ads, 80-plus years of Russian meddling.
by Julia Ioffe via The Atlantic on October 21, 2017

Is the American Idea Doomed?

Not yet—but it has precious few supporters on either the left or the right.
by Yoni Appelbaum via The Atlantic on October 18, 2017

What Facebook Did to American Democracy

And why it was so hard to see it coming.
by Alexis C. Madrigal via The Atlantic on October 12, 2017
First grade teacher instructing Spanish pronunciation in Texas.
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Helping Latino Kids Succeed in the Classroom Doesn’t Have to be an Ideological War

Conservatives backed bilingual education until it became a progressive cause.
by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela via Made By History on September 21, 2017
Violence during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.

Is America Headed for a New Kind of Civil War?

The recent unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a white-supremacist rally has stoked some Americans’ fears of a new civil war.
by Robin Wright via The New Yorker on August 14, 2017
Mitch McConnell
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Partisanship is an American Tradition — And Good for Democracy

Bipartisanship is the exception, not the rule.
by Aaron Astor via Made By History on July 12, 2017

Why Do They Hate Her?

Hillary Clinton is the most maligned presidential loser in history. What’s going on?
by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on June 3, 2017

How Conservatives Waged a War on Expertise

Donald Trump is not the first person to gain power by questioning, undermining, and delegitimizing once-trusted institutions.
by Kathryn Cramer Brownell via Public Books on May 15, 2017

Divided We Fall

We need a radical solution to avert the disintegration of our political system.
by Ganesh Sitaraman via The New Republic on April 10, 2017

When Pat Buchanan Tried To Make America Great Again

If you're wondering how Trump happened, all you have to do is let Pat Buchanan beguile you with a history no one else can tell.
by Sam Tanenhaus via Esquire on April 5, 2017
The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
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The Most Contentious Presidential Transition in American History

Was Abraham Lincoln's the most tumultuous presidential transition in American history?
by Jon Grinspan, James M. McPherson, Peter Feuerherd, Frederic Bancroft via JSTOR Daily on November 22, 2016
The Gadsden Flag

The Shifting Symbolism of the Gadsden Flag

How do we decide what the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, or indeed any symbol, really means?
by Robert J. Walker via The New Yorker on October 2, 2016

The Moment That Political Debates on TV Turned to Spectacle

A new documentary explores the infamous 1968 dispute between William Buckley and Gore Vidal.
by Nadine Ajaka via The Atlantic on September 27, 2016
Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich.

They Were Made for Each Other

How Newt Gingrich laid the groundwork for Donald Trump's rise.
by Nicole Hemmer, Brent Cebul via The New Republic on July 11, 2016

The Myth of the 'Reagan Democrat'

The notion that Donald Trump can convert a large swath of white, blue-collar Democrats is a fantasy. They don’t exist.
by Peter Beinart via The Atlantic on May 28, 2016
Billy Graham and Richard Nixon

The King’s Chapel and the King’s Court

Richard Nixon, Billy Graham, and their White House church services.
by Kevin M. Kruse via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on July 7, 2015
Cartoon of congressmen talking in two insular groups. Illustration by Steve Brodner

The Empty Chamber

For many reasons, senators don’t have the time, or the inclination, to get to know one another—least of all members of the other party.
by George Packer via The New Yorker on August 2, 2010
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

It had been around a long time before the Radical Right discovered it.
by Richard Hofstadter via Harper’s on November 1, 1964
A map of the United States divided into regions.

A Balkanized Federation

Without a shared civic narrative – the pursuit of liberal democratic self-government – the rival regional cultures of the United States agree on very little.
via Nationhood Lab
Andrew Johnson portrait looking over the shoulder of Ulysses S. Grant portrait.

What Trump Could Learn From Ulysses S. Grant

The last American crisis over civilian-military relations ended with a general’s historic choice.
by Kori Schake via The Atlantic on October 27, 2025
Men and women leaving a church in Dayton, Tennessee, in 1936.

The Trial of the Century

On the hundredth anniversary of Tennessee v. Scopes.
by Brenda Wineapple via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 27, 2025

America’s Greatest Mistake

Globalization left millions behind as a policy and transformed the world politically, a new book argues.
by Siddhartha Mahanta via The American Prospect on October 3, 2025
George McGovern at the Democratic National Convention in 1972

Magnificent Obsessions

How the Democrats have alienated a growing number working-class voters.
by Kenneth L. Woodward via Commonweal on September 23, 2025
Demonstratoars protest Donald Trump’s comments about Canada becoming the 51st state of the United States, March 22, 2025.

Anti-Americanism in Canada Is Nothing New — It’s a Tradition

Trump’s tariffs/threats have sparked boycotts and motivated voters north of the border, but Canadians’ desire to distance themselves from the US has deep roots
by Jake Pitre via New Lines on September 19, 2025
Image of an American flag with bullet holes for stars.

Uncivil Discourse Is an American Tradition

History suggests that uncivil discourse, while dangerous at times, has always been a defining feature of American democracy.
by Adam Rowe via Compact on September 16, 2025
Screen capture of Robert Redford in the film "Sneakers"

Robert Redford, Environmentalism, and the Most Prescient Movie Ever Made

Redford’s legacy as an environmental activist and his 1992 film "Sneakers" reveal his foresight on climate, politics, and surveillance.
by Dave Levitan via Gravity Is Gone on September 16, 2025
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