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Rudy Giuliani speaking at a Trump rally
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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
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Quoting Irish Poetry, Joe Biden is Making Hope and History Rhyme

Explaining Joe Biden’s fondness for quoting Irish poets.
by Cóilín Parsons via Made By History on November 1, 2020
A support of President Donald Trump at a rally in Staten Island, New York, in October.

What Trump Really Means When He Tweets “LAW & ORDER!!!”

A brief history of a political dog whistle.
by Beth Schwartzapfel via The Marshall Project on October 7, 2020
Police Officers observing and guarding.

Trump's War on Election Integrity Follows a Racist Playbook Used in 1980s Orange County

As Trump calls for legions to, as he proclaimed, 'go into the polls,' we should recall the sordid episode of voter intimidation that happened in Orange County.
by Gustavo Arellano via Los Angeles Times on October 1, 2020
Abraham Lincoln

Why We Keep Reinventing Abraham Lincoln

Revisionist biographers have given us countless perspectives, from Honest Abe to Killer Lincoln. Is there a version that’s true to his time and attuned to ours?
by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on September 21, 2020
Three African American protest leaders address a crowd.

True Stories About the Great Fire

A movement’s early days as told by those who rose up, those who bore witness, those who grieved, and those who hoped.
by Dan Adler, Anthony Breznican, Kenzie Bryant, Michael Calderone, Arimeta Diop, Caleb Ecarma, Joe Hagan, Chris Smith, Claire Landsbaum, Abigail Tracy, Erin Vanderhoof via The Hive on August 24, 2020

‘The President Was Not Encouraging’: What Obama Really Thought About Biden

Behind the friendship was a more complicated relationship, which now drives the former vice president to prove his partner wrong.
by Alex Thompson via Politico Magazine on August 14, 2020
Graffito picture of Richard Nixon superimposed on lines an German text.

Richard Nixon, Modular Man

Even knowing every awful thing Richard Nixon would go on to do, you had to respect, as the phrase goes, his hustle.
by Phil Christman via The Hedgehog Review on April 6, 2020

The Loser King

Failing upward with Oliver North.
by Matt Hanson via The Baffler on March 10, 2020
George McGovern surrounded by anti-Vietnam War protesters.

Bernie Sanders Is George McGovern

The similarities between 2020 and 1972 are too astonishing to ignore. But there’s one big difference.
by Derek Thompson via The Atlantic on February 21, 2020
Portraits of John Adams (left) and John Quincy Adams (right).

The Fall of the House of Adams: Charles Francis Adams Jr. on Race and Public Service

A look inside America’s first political dynasty.
by Douglas R. Egerton via We're History on November 25, 2019
A man putting a ballot into a ballot box during a 1938 Arkansas ballot referendum.

How to Change Policy Without Politicians

As Arkansas politics becomes more conservative, voters are using the ballot for progressive ends.
by Olivia Paschal via The Atlantic on May 18, 2019
Bernie Sanders

The Transformation of Bernie Sanders

How the Vermont senator went from a third-party independent to a 2020 frontrunner.
by Matthew Karp via The Nation on May 7, 2019
Anthony Scaramucci
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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
The Writing Master, by Thomas Eakins, 1882. Painting of a man wearing glasses and writing with a pen.

Yawns Innumerable

The story of John Quincy Adams’ forgotten epic poem—and its most critical reader.
by Matthew Sherrill via Lapham’s Quarterly on September 6, 2018
A photograph of the Louisiana State Insane Asylum in 1870.

Is White Supremacy a System of Corruption?

Before they even learn the details, adherents already know the outcome of real world events. The white guy will be the good guy, no matter what.
by William Horne via The Activist History Review on May 4, 2018
1972 Shirley Chisolm campaign poster.

‘Unbought and Unbossed’: Shirley Chisholm’s Feminist Mantra Is Still Relevant 50 Years Later

Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, constantly defied those who tried to constrain her due to race and gender.
by Ed Morales via Washington Post on January 26, 2018
Someone writes at a desk next to a gavel, with the scales of justice in the background.

The Rise of the Prosecutor Politicians

How local prosecutors' offices have become stepping stones to higher office.
by Jed Handelsman Shugerman via SHUGERBLOG on July 7, 2017

Greg Gianforte Is Lucky. Reporters Once Carried Daggers To Deal With Unruly Politicians.

There is a long history of congressmen behaving badly.
by Michael S. Rosenwald via Retropolis on May 25, 2017

How Televising Presidential Debates Changed Everything

Ever since Kennedy-Nixon, televised debates have given viewers an insight into candidates' policies—and their personalities, too.
by Livia Gershon, James N. Druckman via JSTOR Daily on September 23, 2016

Donald Trump: Rizzo Reborn

Wild talk, elite confusion, working-class cheers — Donald Trump’s divisive presidential campaign comes straight from the master’s playbook.
by Jake Blumgart via Philadelphia Magazine on January 31, 2016
A photograph of Horace Greeley.

Antebellum Data Journalism: Or, How Big Data Busted Abe Lincoln

An 1848 investigative news story that relied on heavy data analysis snared big fish, including two future presidents.
by Scott Klein via ProPublica on March 17, 2015
Gerry Studds faces reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on July 20, 1983.

Gerry Studds: The Pioneer Gay Congressman Almost Nobody Remembers

His story of coming out was so shrouded in scandal, so drenched in professional embarrassment, that its broader significance may forever be overshadowed.
by Jennifer Bendery, Sam Stein via HuffPost on February 20, 2014

The Manly Sport of American Politics

19th-century Americans abandoned the English phrasing of "standing" for election and begin to describe candidates who "run" for office. The race was on.
by Kenneth Cohen via Commonplace on April 1, 2012

When Elvis Met Nixon

An Oval Office photograph captured the bizarre encounter between the king of rock and roll and the president.
by Peter Carlson via Smithsonian on December 1, 2010

Political Construction of a Natural Disaster: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1853

The conversation around race after Hurricane Katrina echoed discourse from another New Orleans disaster 150 years before.
by Henry M. McKiven Jr. via Journal of American History on December 1, 2007

The Unacknowledged Lesson: Earl Warren and the Japanese Relocation Controversy

Though best known for his dedication to civil rights as Chief Justice, Earl Warren was a key figure behind Japanese internment in California - and stood by it.
by G. Edward White via VQR on October 15, 1979
Robert LaFollette Sr.
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The Legacy of Robert La Follette's Progressive Vision

Robert La Follette saw politics as a never-ending struggle for democracy and fairness and preached perseverance.
by Nancy Unger via Made By History on July 16, 2025
Charles Sumner

What We Can Learn From the Senator Who Nearly Died for Democracy

The brutal caning of Sen. Charles Sumner in 1856 shows the difference between courage and concession.
by Zaakir Tameez via Washington Post on June 1, 2025
John Trumbull’s painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, 1819.

Who Invented the “Founding Fathers?”

The making of a myth.
by George Dillard via Looking Through The Past on May 21, 2025
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