Donald Trump

Until the 1940s, Jews in America were considered a separate race. Their journey to whiteness has important lessons.

A review of Michael Kazin's "War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918."

President Trump’s criticisms of government workers have something in common with Joe McCarthy’s.

The new administration plans to bring back a committee that has tried over the years to guide policy—with mixed results.

Anne Gorsuch Burford — the mother of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch — cut its budget by a quarter and its workforce by 20 percent.

Despite common belief, Washington, D.C. was not built on a swamp.

What does Black History Month leave out?

Could President Trump actually win over the leaders of historically black colleges and universities?

The precedents for Trump’s hyped-up immigration crackdown.

The story of the Bald Knobbers is a terrifying parable about what happens when government fails and violence reigns.

Donald Trump’s restrictive plan is reminiscent of legislation from 100 years ago.

Brandon Byrd examines resistance to the American Colonization Society's attempts to remove free blacks from the US.

The lessons of Japanese interment for policy makers today.

The history of immigrants in the U.S. teaches that no amount of assimilation will protect you when an alien requires conjuring.

When President Trump contemplates violating court orders, he joins a longer list of presidents.

The actions of attorneys general in California and other states have their antecedents in the fight against that draconian law.

Stacy Fahrenthold compares Donald Trump's Muslim ban to that of Woodrow Wilson back in 1918.

What anti-Trump protesters can learn from the successes, and mistakes, of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress decided that there needed to be severe limits on who was coming into the country.

Today's debate over sanctuary cities embodies a much longer debate in America over federalism.