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The New Old Democrats

It’s not the 1990s anymore. People want the government to help solve big problems. Here’s how the Democrats must respond.

by Jake Sullivan via Democracy Journal on June 20, 2018

Pat Buchanan surrounded by balloons at a campaign rally.

Trumpism Before Trump

The popular Trump rhetoric of demonizing immigrants has been procured for decades.

by Calvin Terbeek, Robert L. Tsai via Boston Review on June 11, 2018

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

Trump speaks to auto workers.

Forget Trump – Populism is the Cure, Not the Disease

Populism is typically presented as a new threat to liberal democracy. But properly understood, it is neither modern nor rightwing.

by Thomas Frank via The Guardian on May 23, 2018

Trumpism Is the New McCarthyism

Just as as McCarthyism did decades ago, Trumpism conceals the Republican Party’s long-term program to dismantle the public sector.

by Ellen Schrecker via The Nation on May 21, 2018

Thank Sean Hannity for the Trump Presidency

The conservative media made this president, and the conservative media will keep him in office.

by Brian Rosenwald via Made By History on April 23, 2018

“Weaponized Babies”; or, Damn, Why Didn’t I Think of Using That Term?

Babies have been playing in the political arena for a long time.

by Janet Golden via Nursing Clio on April 23, 2018

End of the American Dream? The Dark History of 'America First'

When he promised to put America first in his inaugural speech, Donald Trump drew on a slogan with a long and sinister history.

by Sarah Churchwell via The Guardian on April 21, 2018

Political cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt holding his Big Stick and pulling a naval fleet in the Caribbean (1904).

Why Both Liberals and Conservatives Claim Theodore Roosevelt as Their Own

Our 26th President is lauded as an environmentalist, as well as an empire builder.

by Michael Patrick Cullinane via Zócalo Public Square on April 20, 2018

Presidents and Mass Shootings

How Consoler-in-Chiefs respond to senseless gun violence.

by Tevi Troy via National Affairs on April 1, 2018

The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant

The link between immigration and crime exists in the imaginations of Americans, and nowhere else.

by Anna Flagg via The Marshall Project on March 30, 2018

A Vacuum at the Center

How a demagogue resembles a typhoon, and why it matters to the future of the republic.

by W. Robert Connor via The American Scholar on March 5, 2018

Melania Trump wearing a Dior pantsuit.

The 1968 Fashion Show, the History Lesson Melania Missed

What the First Lady could learn from the fashion show that was supposed to showcase America First fashion.

by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell via Politico Magazine on March 5, 2018

The Notorious Book that Ties the Right to the Far Right

The enduring popularity of "The Camp of the Saints" sheds light on nativists' historical opposition to immigration.

by Sarah Jones via The New Republic on February 2, 2018

A Century Ago, Progressives Were the Ones Shouting 'Fake News'

The term "fake news" dates back to the end of the 19th century.

by Matthew F. Jordan via The Conversation on February 1, 2018

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

An American flag at the Vietnam Memorial on the National Mall.

Exceptional Victims

The resistance to the Vietnam War was the most diverse and dynamic antiwar movement in U.S. history. We have all but forgotten it today.

by Christian G. Appy via Boston Review on January 26, 2018

The GOP's Evolution On Immigration

Republicans used to take a softer line on immigration. What happened?

by Don Gonyea via NPR on January 25, 2018

Racism Has Always Driven U.S. Policy Toward Haiti

On Haiti, Donald Trump sounds a lot like Thomas Jefferson.

by Brandon R. Byrd via Made By History on January 14, 2018

Barack Obama and Shinzo Abe at the Lincoln Memorial.

Technocratic Vistas: The Long Con of Neoliberalism

How "liberal democracy" emerged from the wreckage of World War II and became the dominant ideology of our times.

by Jackson Lears via The Hedgehog Review on November 13, 2017

The Small Business Myth

Small businesses enjoy an iconic status in modern capitalism, but what do they really contribute to the economy?

by Benjamin C. Waterhouse via Aeon on November 8, 2017

Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser

He fought to remake the center—not yield to it.

by Matthew Karp via The Nation on October 25, 2017

Harvey Weinstein

No, There Is No Witch Hunt Against Powerful Men

They're the hunters, not the hunted.

by Michelle D. Brock via Made By History on October 18, 2017

How the Reagan Administration Stoked Fears of Anti-White Racism

The origins of the politics of “reverse discrimination."

by Justin Gomer, Christopher F. Petrella via Made By History on October 10, 2017

White Supremacists and the Rhetoric of "Tyranny"

White supremacists have long used fear of losing essential rights in their arguments.

by Livia Gershon, Marek D. Steedman via JSTOR Daily on August 31, 2017

Comparing Truman's Hiroshima Statement to Trump's North Korea Ultimatum

What to know before equating "fire and fury" to the "rain of ruin."

by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on August 9, 2017

Triumph of the Shill

The political theory of Trumpism.

by Corey Robin via n+1 on August 9, 2017

Donald Trump Jr.

Is it Okay to Call Donald Trump Jr. a Boy?

The blurred line between boyhood and manhood.

by Claire Bond Potter via Made By History on July 24, 2017

John Adams

How John Quincy Adams Made Lincoln Possible

Adams, whose 250th birthday is today, did not end slavery but his battle against the House "Gag Rule" helped pave the way.

by Richard Samuelson via Weekly Standard on July 11, 2017

Syringe and pills.

How Sensationalism Compounds the Opioid Crisis

Instead of playing on emotions, we need to destigmatize addiction.

by Claire D. Clark via Made By History on July 5, 2017

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