Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

"The Cycles of American History" foresaw American voter dealignment, and an age of voters prioritizing personality over party—but it didn’t anticipate Trump.

On the 50th anniversary of RFK's death, a glimpse inside one of his closest relationships.

What was Arthur Schlesinger’s “vital center”?

When J.F.K. ran for President, a team of data scientists with powerful computers set out to model and manipulate American voters. Sound familiar?

How one of America's original Bernie Bros became an outspoken critic of the left.

What we can learn from liberal anti-communists.

Revisiting Holfstadter's "paranoid style" in the era of Trump.

A new biography of Andrew Jackson recounts a bloody history, and reveals disturbing parallels between the 1830s and the Trump era.

If we want to understand how we arrived in this authoritarian moment in 2025, we need to understand one of the central pathways that brought us here.

These proposals sought to change the United States’ name, abolish the presidency, and set a limit on personal fortunes, among other measures.

Educators can fight back against Trump’s attacks by re-embracing “old-fashioned” disciplines and ideas.

JFK's presidential win in 1960 offers a guide for how Democrats can rebound in 2025.

Legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone says we’re closer than ever to finally piecing together the mystery of November 22, 1963.

Eight ways to understand the literary-political impact of William F. Buckley Jr.

The president is right to release the Kennedy files.

A new history of the CPUSA reads like a Cold War throwback.

Are we doomed to repetition? It’s something I worry about.

For decades, Kissinger kept the great wheel of American militarism spinning ever forward.

The actual history of New Deal policies provides little evidence that it was a rollicking success.

A left that is ambivalent about liberalism can still seek to engage it.