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Sketch of late 19th century political rally in NYC

The Forgotten Precedent for Our ‘Unprecedented’ Political Insanity

The decades after the Civil War saw mass participation and mass outrage, followed by a period of orderly reform. What can we learn from that era today?
by Jon Grinspan via Politico Magazine on April 24, 2021
Repairs being made at the site of a water main break
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What Early American Infrastructure Politics Can Teach the Biden Administration

Infrastructure plans are always political. The key is being inclusive and focusing on the public good.
by Keith Pluymers, Harrison Diskin via Made By History on March 16, 2021
Ted Cruz.

The Dangerous Historical Precedent for Ted Cruz’s Shameless Electoral College Gambit

The Texas senator claims to be moved by the spirit of 1876, but he’s just another huckster playing a risky game with democracy.
by Matt Ford via The New Republic on January 5, 2021

How America Keeps Adapting the Story of the Pilgrims at Plymouth to Match the Story We Need to Tell

The word “Plymouth” may conjure up visions of Pilgrims in search of religious freedom, but that vision does not reflect reality.
by Peter C. Mancall via TIME on December 17, 2020

Republicans Rediscover the Dangers of Selling Bunk to Their Constituents

Cynical public speech aimed at winning political power has consequences.
by Rachel Shelden via The Atlantic on November 25, 2020

What Trump Is Missing About American History

Setting up a classroom battle between 1619 and 1776 gets history totally wrong and is damaging for our nation.
by Leslie M. Harris, Karin Wulf via Politico Magazine on September 20, 2020
Jimmy Carter waving from the stage of a rock and roll concert.

Rock & Roll President: How Musicians Helped Jimmy Carter to the White House

On a documentary in which stars from Bob Dylan to Nile Rodgers discuss how music played a vital role in the unknown politician’s rise to power.
by Jim Farber via The Guardian on September 20, 2020
A young Julian Bond talking with Bayard Rustin at the 1968 Democratic convention

Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics

A new collection of essays demonstrates how the civil rights icon’s thinking evolved amid the upheavals of the 20th century.
by Robert Greene II via The Nation on August 10, 2020
Part of the pedestal of a monument, inscribed with the words "Bright angels come and guard our sleeping heroes."

The Even Uglier Truth Behind Athens Confederate Monument

It was intended to be a tool of political power, sending a message against Black voting and serving as a gathering point for the Ku Klux Klan.
by Scott Reynolds Nelson via Muster on June 23, 2020

The Real Story Behind “Because of Sex”

One of the most powerful phrases in the Civil Rights Act is often viewed as a malicious joke that backfired. But its entrance into law was far more savvy.
by Rebecca Onion, Christina Wolbrecht via Slate on June 16, 2020
Painting of George Washington on his death bed, surrounded by family and friends.

The Myth of George Washington’s Post-Presidency

When Washington left the presidency, he didn’t really leave politics at all.
by Jonathan Horn via Politico Magazine on February 17, 2020
Two tacos.

The True Story of How National Taco Day Was Invented — Then Appropriated

As seemingly all of the American food media tripped over itself to create listicles around National Taco Day, I shook my head in disgust.
by Gustavo Arellano via L. A. Taco on October 4, 2019

Why Did Christianity Thrive in the U.S.?

Between 1870 and 1960, Christianity declined dramatically across much of Europe. Not in America. One historian explains why.
by Jon Butler, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on August 22, 2019
Front page of the New York Daily News about Vivien Gordon's murder.

The 1930s Investigation That Took Down New York's Mayor—and Then Tammany Hall

When FDR found out how beholden New York politicians were to mobsters, he ordered the Seabury commission to investigate.
by Erin Blakemore via HISTORY on April 17, 2019
LBJ at his desk writing.
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Foreign Powers Interfered in the 1968 Election. Why Didn’t LBJ Stop Them?

Was his disdain for his vice president greater than his desire for Democrats to win?
by Arnold A. Offner via Made By History on November 4, 2018
Open books.

James Baldwin: ‘I Did Not Want to Weep for Martin, Tears Seemed Futile’

In memory of Martin Luther King Jr, a look back on his funeral.
by Jason Sokol via Literary Hub on April 4, 2018

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 Story Behind the First-Ever Fact-Checkers

Here's how they were able to do their jobs long before the Internet.
by Merrill Fabry via TIME on August 24, 2017
People on a rollercoaster

Are We Having Too Much Fun?

In 1985, Neil Postman observed an America imprisoned by its own need for amusement. He was, it turns out, extremely prescient.
by Megan Garber via The Atlantic on April 27, 2017
Black and white photo of Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet sitting around a conference table.

How the Black Middle Class Was Attacked By Woodrow Wilson’s Administration

A historian looks at the widespread racism in the American progressive movement of the early 20th century.
by Eric S. Yellin via The Conversation on February 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders Is Right That Reparations Would Be Divisive

But the Vermont senator’s political revolution depends on white America, too.
by Jamelle Bouie via Slate on January 21, 2016
Lithograph of the reservoir of the Manhattan Water Works in 1825.
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Corporations in the Early Republic

An explanation of the Manhattan Company, a bank disguised as a municipal water corporation that helped to transform Early Republican politics.
via BackStory on June 20, 2014
Joseph Dennie.

Was the Federalist Press Staid and Apolitical?

Quite the contrary. They used rhetoric to build a partisan community, and realized that parties needed to create and market identities, not simply agendas.
by Catherine O'Donnell Kaplan via Commonplace on October 1, 2008
Joe Biden as a new Senator, sitting next to framed photographs of his family

Death and the All-American Boy

Joe Biden was a lot more careful around the press after this 1974 profile.
by Kitty Kelley via Washingtonian on June 1, 1974
A photograph of Henry A. Crabb.

Henry A. Crabb, Filibuster, and the San Diego Herald

A Californian politician's disastrous expedition to seize Mexican land, and how newspapers spun the story.
by Diana Lindsay via San Diego History Center on January 1, 1973

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