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Thaddeus Stevens

The Radicalism of Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens understood far better than most that fully uprooting slavery meant overthrowing the South’s economic system and challenging property rights.
by Matthew E. Stanley via Jacobin on March 1, 2021
Census taker's bag from 1980

Immigration Hard-Liner Files Reveal 40-Year Bid Behind Trump's Census Obsession

The Trump administration tried and failed to accomplish a count of unauthorized immigrants to reshape Congress, the Electoral College and public policy.
by Hansi Lo Wang via NPR on February 15, 2021
A red, white, and blue star over a cropped portrait of James Madison.

America Must Become a Democracy

The authors of the Constitution feared mass participation would unsettle government, but it’s the privileged minority that has proved destabilizing.
by David Frum via The Atlantic on February 15, 2021

Meet Joseph Rainey, the First Black Congressman

Born enslaved, he was elected to Congress in the wake of the Civil War. But the impact of this momentous step in U.S. race relationships did not last long.
by Bobby J. Donaldson via Smithsonian on January 4, 2021

Fannie Lou Hamer's Dauntless Fight for Black Americans' Right to Vote

The activist did not learn about her right to vote until she was 44, but once she did, she vigorously fought for black voting rights
by Keisha N. Blain via Smithsonian on August 20, 2020

Standing on the Crater of a Volcano

In 1920, James Weldon Johnson went to Washington, armed with census data, to fight rampant voter suppression across the American South.
by Dan Bouk via Census Stories, USA on July 27, 2020
Demonstrators with signs reading "Every Person Counts."
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Trump’s Push to Skew the Census Builds on a Long History of Politicizing the Count

Who counts determines whose interests are represented in government.
by Paul Schor via Made By History on July 23, 2020
Bella Abzug with a group of women with strike signs.

'In a Perfectly Just Republic,' Bella Abzug – Born a Century Ago – Would Have Been President

Before presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, before Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, there was Congresswoman and firebrand Bella Abzug.
by Pamela S. Nadell via The Conversation on July 21, 2020

The Framers’ Answers to Three Myths About Impeachment

Three misunderstood aspects of our governmental system, and the truth pulled directly from the Federalist Papers
by Garry Wills via New York Review of Books on December 3, 2019

Making Impeachment Matter

Democrats need to face up to their constitutional duty without fear.
by Alex Pareene via The New Republic on November 21, 2019

Time Travel: Daylight Saving Time and the House

When first-term Representative Leon Sacks of Pennsylvania introduced H.R. 6546 on April 21, 1937, the Earth did not stop spinning. But it almost did.
via History, Art, & Archives: United States House of Representatives on November 1, 2019

"He Lies Like a Dog": The First Effort to Impeach a President Was Led by His Own Party

Long before President Donald Trump, there was President John Tyler.
by Ronald G. Shafer via Washington Post on September 23, 2019

Mike's Big Ditch

The failed canal project that could have saved cities like Youngstown, Ohio.
by Vince Guerrieri via Belt Magazine on August 28, 2019

How Davy Crockett Became an American Legend

Was Davy Crockett a sellout? And does it matter?
by Phil Edwards, Coleman Lowndes via Vox on August 7, 2019

The Racist History of Tipping

Employers pay tipped workers $2.13 an hour. Why? Reconstruction-era racial discrimination.
by William J. Barber II via Politico Magazine on July 17, 2019

Nancy Pelosi, Impeachment, and Places in History

Nancy Pelosi's reluctance to impeach Trump only denies the reality of his transgressions.
by Sean Wilentz via The New Yorker on July 11, 2019
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The Constitutional Revolution a Century Ago That Is Shaping the 2020 Election

And why we need another one.
by Bruce J. Schulman via Made By History on June 21, 2019
Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Does the Civil Rights Act Protect Sexual Orientation?

Fifty-five years ago, a congressman made a single addition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that changed everything.
by Todd S. Purdum via The Atlantic on April 26, 2019

The New Congress and the History of Governing by a House Divided

What do the results of the 2018 midterms portend for the next two years?
by Brooks Simpson via The Conversation on January 2, 2019

Sick Days

How Congress bent the rules to combat the Spanish Flu while it's own members began to become victims of the pandemic
via History, Art, & Archives: United States House of Representatives on December 17, 2018

The First Midterm ‘Wave’ Election That Ended Total Republican Control of Government

In 1874, Democrats picked up an astounding 94 seats in the 293-seat House.
by Robert B. Mitchell via Retropolis on November 4, 2018

The Man Who Broke Politics

Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in it.
by McKay Coppins via The Atlantic on October 15, 2018

This Map Shows When Each State Elected a Woman to Congress

Women could make history this year — but there's still a long way to go before there's equal representation.
by David Johnson via TIME on June 25, 2018
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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
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

How Congress Failed to Plan for Doomsday

What would happen if some crazed gunman or terrorist massacred Congress? We don’t really know — and that’s bad news for our democracy.
by Garrett M. Graff via Politico Magazine on June 15, 2017
Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich.

They Were Made for Each Other

How Newt Gingrich laid the groundwork for Donald Trump's rise.
by Nicole Hemmer, Brent Cebul via The New Republic on July 11, 2016
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

Protest and Politics

Two new biographies enhance our knowledge of John Lewis, the late congressman and civil rights hero.
by Jason Sokol via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on January 15, 2025
Shirley Chisolm
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Shirley Chisholm Was a Trailblazer for Change

Explore the groundbreaking career of the first Black woman to seek the U.S. presidency.
via Retro Report on November 21, 2024
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