Andrew Jackson

We ascribe too much meaning to the early years of the republic.

On Akhil Reed Amar’s “The Words That Made Us,” a new history of America’s constitutional conversation.

The Left once tried to own the legacy of America’s Bicentennial, but ran into ideological and structural roadblocks all too familiar today.

Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford on the making of a misrepresented narrative.

The new note comes 125 years after the free silver movement tried—and failed—to use currency to forge a national identity.

On the social and political function of political media.

The tales of the three fallen senators, as well as some other notable beefs in history.

Joe Biden has met with scholars to discuss his presidency and likely legacy—but what are we to make of his special relationship with historian Jon Meacham?

Debunking the myths of the domestic slave trade.

In becoming the party of Trump, the G.O.P. confronts the kind of existential crisis that has destroyed American parties in the past.

A review of Robert Elder's new biography of John C. Calhoun.

A cat named Miss Pussy! A racist parrot! Benjamin Harrison’s possums, which he later ate!

It's a sign of disrespect.

The oval office looks different now that President Biden is its occupant.

Lepore’s framework insists that the “self-evident” truths of the nation’s founding were anything but.

With chatter about Texas leaving the union on the rise, two new books remind us what it was like the last time we tried to go it alone.

A new history shows how the glut of US military bases abroad has led to a constant state of military conflict.

Returning the "three sisters" to Native American farms nourishes people, land, and cultures.

History is asking only one question right now as Trump refuses to concede. Will the Republicans decide they are no longer an American political party?

The idea that justices exist outside of politics is a relatively new concept.