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Reagan and the Iran-Contra Affair

Reagan's commitment to deregulation, aggressive military spending, and diminished oversight created a cocktail of corruption that was worse than Watergate.
by Jeremi Suri via American Heritage on February 1, 2021
Collage combining photograph of pets with the White House in the background.

The Best (and Worst) Presidential Pets in American History, Ranked

A cat named Miss Pussy! A racist parrot! Benjamin Harrison’s possums, which he later ate!
by Matthew Dessem via Slate on January 31, 2021
Herbert Hoover in January 1933

Herbert Hoover Did Something Donald Trump is Unwilling to Do

While Herbert Hoover was deeply critical of his successor, he put aside his differences to ensure the peaceful and democratic transition of power.
by Meg Jacobs via CNN on January 20, 2021
President Richard Nixon and Vice President Gerald Ford in the White House, along with their wives, First Lady Pat Nixon and Betty Ford

Gerald Ford and the Perversion of Presidential Pardons

In pardoning Nixon, the 38th president opened the floodgates to boundless executive power.
by James Bovard via The American Conservative on December 29, 2020
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President Precedents

How Americans understand the powers of the office and the legacies of past leaders.
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McCarthyism Was Never Defeated. Trumpism Won’t Be Either.

Censure brought down a crusading anti-communist senator but fired up his followers.
by Beverly Gage via Washington Post on December 4, 2020
Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Thanksgiving, November 26th, 2020.

“Almost the Complete Opposite of Fascism”

A conversation with Corey Robin on the surprisingly weak presidency of Donald Trump.
by Corey Robin, David Klion via Jewish Currents on December 4, 2020

Why Do American Presidential Transitions Take Such a Ridiculously Long Time?

Horseback travel time is only part of the story.
by Sara Georgini, Rebecca Onion via Slate on December 2, 2020
A picture of Trump going through a shredder.

Will Trump Burn the Evidence?

How the President could endanger the official records of one of the most consequential periods in American history.
by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on November 16, 2020
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Biden's 2020 Election Win Over Trump is Step One. But 'Lame Ducks' Can Do Damage.

Biden will take over a country facing myriad challenges. And Trump's lame-duck period could be one of the most treacherous in American history.
by William Adler via NBC News on November 8, 2020
A drawing of George Washington surrounded by seals representing the states.

The Constitutional Convention Debates the Electoral College

How the founders settled on the system we love to hate today.
by Jason Yonce via Journal of the American Revolution on November 5, 2020

Washington is Named for a President who Owned Slaves. Should It Be?

What's behind the name of the state? And who was our first president, really?
by Ron Judd via The Seattle Times on October 11, 2020
President smiling at a debate

Debating. Ourselves.

There has been some famous presidential campaign moments in the past 50 years. However, not everyone knows or remembers these moments.
by Paul Orlando via 3 Quarks Daily on October 5, 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
Ramón Castilla

Emancipation in War: The United States and Peru

A comparative look at the U.S. and Peru's emancipation proclamations' nuances in declaring the freedom of enslaved peoples.
by Niels Eichhorn via Muster on September 15, 2020
Tiled pattern of 2020 presidential campaign signs.

How Candidate Diversity Impacts Color Diversity

We looked at 271 presidential candidate logos from 1968–2020 to find out how race and gender intersect with color choices.
by Champe Barton via The Pudding on August 1, 2020

Charismatic Models

There is, and always has been, a vanishingly thin line between charismatic democratic rulers and charismatic authoritarians.
by Scott Spillman via The Point on July 26, 2020
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Dispatches from 1918

Thinking about our future, we look back on the aftermath of a century-old pandemic.
by Radiolab via WNYC on July 17, 2020
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How Tear Gas Became a Staple of American Law Enforcement

In 1932, the “Bonus Army” of jobless veterans staged a protest in Washington, DC. The government dispersed them with tear gas.
by Lauren Vespoli via JSTOR Daily on June 24, 2020
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The New Deal and Recovery

The first in a series of posts to offer evidence casting doubt on the view that New Deal programs ended the Great Depression.
by George Selgin via Alt-M on June 12, 2020

George Washington’s Twilight Years

A review of "Washington’s End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle," by Jonathan Horn.
by Michael F. Bishop via National Review on March 19, 2020
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Historians Must Contextualize the Election for Voters

This information is crucial for getting the election right.
by Joanne B. Freeman via Made By History on February 24, 2020
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What Winning New Hampshire — and its Media Frenzy — Could Mean for Bernie Sanders

The New Hampshire returns tell us a lot about the leading candidates.
by Kathryn Cramer Brownell via Made By History on February 12, 2020
George Washington on the cover of Alexis Coe's "You Never Forget Your First."

A New Book About George Washington Breaks All the Rules on How to Write About George Washington

A cheeky biography of the first president pulls no punches.
by Alexis Coe, Karin Wulf via Smithsonian on February 4, 2020
Edmund G. Ross.

Mike Pence’s Impeachment Hero Is a Corrupt 19th Century Politician

An historian debunks the vice president’s op-ed.
by Brenda Wineapple, Mark Joseph Stern via Slate on January 17, 2020
Host Jack Barry and two contestants on the game show "21."

Think Presidential Debates Are Dull? Thank 1950s TV Game Shows

The only debate arrangement that everyone could agree to 60 years ago remains in place today – the game show format.
by Michael J. Socolow via The Conversation on December 17, 2019

All the Presidents’ Librarians

Presidential libraries are too important for historians to ignore.
by Michael Koncewicz via Contingent on July 19, 2019

The Hidden Power Behind D-Day

Admiral William D. Leahy was instrumental in bringing the Allies together to agree upon the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.
by Phillips Payson O'Brien via Smithsonian on May 30, 2019

The Making of the Military-Intellectual Complex

Why is U.S. foreign policy dominated by an unelected, often reckless cohort of “the best and the brightest”?
by Daniel Bessner via The New Republic on May 29, 2019

Joe Biden's Audacity of Grief

On the mournful threads connecting his half-century in politics.
by George Blaustein via The New Republic on May 16, 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
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