Donald Trump

Trump may block entry to foreigners who need public benefits—a proposal rooted in 19th-century laws targeting poor immigrants.

In light of President Trump's temporary ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations, we take a look at larger immigration trends.

An analysis of the Carnegie Commission's 1967 report shows that public broadcasting has always been a politically fraught issue.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it's important to remember why America welcomes refugees.

Washington may be the only city on Earth that lobbied itself into existence.

Reagan never really believed that Martin Luther King, Jr., deserved a holiday.

What is to be done with a landscape whose features carry the legacy of violence?

Many compare the rise of "Trumpism" to that of 1930s Fascism. More worthwhile might be an examination of antifascist resistance.

Comparing Trump's America to fascist Germany only fuels elites' antidemocratic fantasies.

The susceptibility of black ex-soldiers to extrajudicial murder and assault has long been recognized by historians.

In the 1970s, a new wave of post-Watergate liberals stopped fighting monopoly power. The result is an increasingly dangerous political system.

Ever since Kennedy-Nixon, televised debates have given viewers an insight into candidates' policies—and their personalities, too.

How Newt Gingrich laid the groundwork for Donald Trump's rise.

In the age of Trump, Madison Grant's influential work of scientific racism takes on a new salience.

The crazy history of nominating Conventions.

How a work of science fiction anticipated the coming of Trump.

As a young woman, civil rights pioneer Pauli Murray discovered that the flag could be used as a symbol of defiance.

The baseball great warned of lasting repercussion for black voters during Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign.

Recovering black radicalism.

We are a nation of immigrants and refugees. Yet we always fear who is coming next.