Donald Trump

What kind of Christmas did we used to know? To hear some critics and historians tell it, the holiday used to be a lot more religious than it is now.

On two new books that critique identity politics and seek a new vision of political culture.

This remarkably prescient document holds several lessons about how to run foreign policy.

The bishops once used their influence to encourage nuclear disarmament. Can they do so again now?

Socialist legislator Zohran Mamdani is running for New York City mayor against a corrupt, unpopular mayor. Morris Hillquit did the same thing a century ago.

Second-wave feminists meant business—but they had a lot of fun at it, too.

Instead of trying to recapture working class votes, Democrats should be focused on building the kind of economy they need to expand the political map.

It's crucial to understand the real history behind claims that men are being marginalized.

Can the Clinton campaign slogan chart a path forward for Democrats? Its history tells another story.

On campaign finance, economic policy, and the 2024 US election.

The Alien Enemies Act, first approved in the late 1700s, was last used during World War II to identify particular foreign nationals living in the US.

An Eisenhower-era initiative holds key lessons for Trump’s immigration policy.

The closeted right-wing operative has become a tragic character in the American repertory.

The U.S., Nicaragua, and the International Court of Justice in the 1980s.

It hasn't happened for 100 years.

The only president before Trump to win, lose, and win again ended up decimating his own party during his second term.

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

Why “Let’s have public schools like the Founding Fathers had” is such a terrible idea.

The success of “Reagan” reflects the market demands of a more fragmented moviegoing public—and reality.

We don't need to find heroes in our past presidents. We need to try to understand that tyranny has always been part of American freedom.