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Whites at a Trump campaign rally.

Does the White Working Class Really Vote Against Its Own Interests?

Trump has revived an age-old debate about why some people choose race over class—and how far they will go to protect the system.

by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on December 31, 2017

History Frowns on Partisan Gerrymandering

On the eve of a major redistricting case at the Supreme Court, a look back at what the nation's founders would have thought.

by Michael Waldman, Cliff Sloan via Washington Post on October 1, 2017

James Buchanan

What Is the Far Right’s Endgame? A Society That Suppresses the Majority.

The author of a new biography of James McGill Buchanan explains how this little-known libertarian’s work is influencing modern-day politics.

by Nancy MacLean, Rebecca Onion via Slate on June 22, 2017

Political cartoon depicting fat-cat tycoons sitting on money on a dock made of commodities held aloft by struggling laborers.

From Fat Cats to Egg Heads: The Changing American 'Elite'

American has long been suspicious of “elites”, but just who they are has changed a lot over the last 200 years.

by Steven Conn via Origins on May 1, 2017

The Racist Roots of Virginia's Felon Disenfranchisement

A century ago, the commonwealth's leaders weren't circumspect about their motives.

by Matt Ford via The Atlantic on April 27, 2016

K Troop

The untold story of the eradication of the original Ku Klux Klan.

by Matthew Pearl via Slate on March 4, 2016

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson Was Extremely Racist — Even By the Standards of His Time

He called black people "an ignorant and inferior race," and it gets worse.

by Dylan Matthews via Vox on November 20, 2015

The Northampton Election, December 6, 1830, by J.M.W. Turner, c. 1830. A British election taking place in a town square with people waving banners and standing around.

The Tyranny of the Ballot

A man who wants everyone to know his views explains why he’s against voting in secret.

by Sydney Smith via Lapham’s Quarterly on January 1, 1879

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