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Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden, and the Politics of Touch

A history of tactile politics.
by Mark M. Smith via The Conversation on April 17, 2019

When The President Laughs At Genocide

In the period of a few weeks, President Trump mocked both the Trail of Tears and the Wounded Knee Massacre.
by Michael E. Carter via Tropics of Meta on February 10, 2019

It Will Take More Than Congress to Cure America’s War Addiction

All that talk about "reclaiming" congressional war powers? Historically, Congress has applauded presidential wars.
by Gunar Olsen via The New Republic on February 6, 2019

The Vice President’s Men

In the 1980s, vice-president George H.W. Bush was secretly the most important decision-maker in America's intelligence world.
by Seymour M. Hersh via London Review of Books on January 4, 2019
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President Precedents

How Americans understand the powers of the office and the legacies of past leaders.
Newspaper profile of the policeman who arrested President Grant.

The Police Officer Who Arrested a President

It was 1872 and the commander-in-chief kept riding his horse too fast through the streets of Washington.
by Michael S. Rosenwald via Retropolis on December 16, 2018

An Inquiry Into Abuse

Allegations that Nixon beat his wife have circulated for years without serious examination by those who covered his presidency.
by Elon Green via Longreads on August 23, 2018

Before Colin Kaepernick, There Was Eartha Kitt

How the entertainer was blacklisted for standing up to the President.
by Hilal Isler via Medium on June 6, 2018

The Bobby Kennedy Myth

Many on the left have learned the wrong lessons from his ill-fated presidential bid.
by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on June 5, 2018

RFK, in Arthur Schlesinger’s Words

On the 50th anniversary of RFK's death, a glimpse inside one of his closest relationships.
by David Margolick via New York Review of Books on May 31, 2018
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30 Years Ago Ronald Reagan Did Something No One Could Have Expected Years Earlier

If we remember correctly how the Cold War ended, we can gain inspiration for how to begin to overcome the “new cold war.”
by David Foglesong via HNN on May 30, 2018

Why the Name of the President’s Fitness Council Matters

And why would President Trump bother to change the name?
by Rachel Louise Moran via Nursing Clio on May 8, 2018

The Silent Type

David Blight reviews Ron Chernow's biography of Ulysses S. Grant.
by David W. Blight via New York Review of Books on May 6, 2018
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Nixon Made a Mistake on Pot. Will Trump Do the Same with Opioids?

Decades after Nixon waged war on pot, Trump is doing the some with opioids. It could make things worse.
by Emily Dufton via Made By History on April 20, 2018
President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, August 8, 1974.

How the 1970s Shaped Trump's Vision

The one consistent message coming out of today's White House was born in the 1970s: Don’t trust any institution.
by Julian E. Zelizer via The Atlantic on April 8, 2018
A picture of the White House

Forget About It

Warnings against "normalizing" outrageous political acts misstate the problem. It’s never the immediate present that gets normalized — it’s the not-so-distant past.
by Corey Robin via Harper’s on April 1, 2018
A sculpture depicting George Washington and the Seneca leader Guyasuta staring at each other.

‘Our Father, the President’

George Washington's fraught relationship with Native Americans.
by Susan Dunn via New York Review of Books on March 15, 2018

Where the Newly Unveiled Obama Portraits Fit in the History of (Black) Portraiture

An art historian explains how portraits can convey so much more than mere likeness.
by Richard J. Powell, Rachelle Hampton via Slate on February 12, 2018
Trump at the podium to give a State of the Union address.
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The Corrupt, Racist Proposal from the State of the Union Address That Everyone Missed

Trump's plans for the federal workforce sound reasonable, but they would actually undo a century of reforms.
by Eric S. Yellin via Made By History on February 5, 2018
LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

What Everyone Gets Wrong About LBJ’s Great Society

It wasn't some radical left-wing pipedream. It was moderate; and it worked.
by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on January 28, 2018

Medical Mystery: James Madison's Sudden Collapse

The Father of the U.S. Constitution fought a life-long physical battle, too.
by Allan B. Schwartz via Philly.com on January 24, 2018
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How the Korean War Put Presidents in Charge of Nuclear Weapons

The president's unilateral nuclear authority comes from decisions made at the start of the Atomic Age.
by Se Young Jang via Made By History on January 2, 2018

The Fight Over Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Was a Fight for the Future of the United States

The biggest show in Washington 150 years ago was the trial against the President of the United States.
by Annette Gordon-Reed via Smithsonian on January 1, 2018
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Daniel Ellsberg Is Still Thinking About the Papers He Didn’t Get to Leak

The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers is back with a new book, The Doomsday Machine.
by Andrew Rice via Intelligencer on November 28, 2017
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Donald Trump, Swamp Creature

Embracing the swamp won't sink Trump immediately. But it will sink him eventually.
by Robert B. Mitchell via Made By History on October 27, 2017

The Vietnam War Transcript Trump Needs to Read

The PBS documentary on America’s most futile conflict is missing one explosive document. Every president should absorb its chilling lessons.
by Jeff Greenfield via Politico Magazine on September 27, 2017
Title card for Burns and Novick's Vietnam War documentary.

‘The Vietnam War’: Past All Reason

The new series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick is mesmerizing. But it doesn’t answer key questions about the Vietnam War.
by Andrew J. Bacevich via The Nation on September 19, 2017
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Trump and the Historians

What the election of 2016 should mean for the future of studying the past.
by Brent Cebul on September 1, 2017
Barbara Lee speaking at a House of Representatives podium.

The Origin of Endless War

On Barbara Lee and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
by Richard Beck via n+1 on August 11, 2017

Triumph of the Shill

The political theory of Trumpism.
by Corey Robin via n+1 on August 9, 2017
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What Does Trump's Golfing Reveal about His Personality?

Donald Trump has been playing a lot of golf since becoming president. Can his habit be explained by his "sky-high extroversion?"
by Jessica Brown via JSTOR Daily on August 2, 2017
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