George Washington

The revolutionary roots of a corrosive national pastime.

Why should a country want or need allies? President Donald Trump and his followers seem to disdain the idea. So did George Washington.

The U.S. faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings — a clear break from the cooperative system the founders established.

After 170 years of armed attacks, forced relocations, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of Native Americans, the U.S. military wants to celebrate.

A new book celebrates an American political dynasty dedicated to public service. Why have they been forgotten?

The founders anticipated someone like Trump partly because they’d been reading Edward Gibbon’s 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'

The “Indian peach” survived a genocide—but can it withstand climate change?

American democracy has been haunted by the spectre of a Caesar-type figure since the birth of the republic. Have such fears ever been justified?

A scene of conflict that was lost to the ages has been unearthed, assembling an indigenous perspective on events at the very root of America’s founding.

While it is rare for foreign policy differences between the political parties to affect electoral outcomes, it has happened before.

Many founders expressed their hope that slavery would be abolished, while simultaneously exerting themselves to defend it.

The factionalized press was the site of campaigning in the U.S.'s first contested presidential elections.

America's public schools were founded on the ideal of uniting rich and poor, but inequality persists due to racial, income, and systemic divides.

And national security became everything.

James Shapiro's book "The Playbook" is a timely reminder both of the power of theater and of the vehement antipathy it can generate.

The histories of the U.S. and Czechia are linked by multiple presidents of both countries.

The colonial rebellion we celebrate every July 4th doesn’t fit the definition.

The Phrygian cap, also known as the liberty cap, emerged as a potent symbol in 18th-century America and France.

The Insurrection Act is a nuclear bomb hidden in the United States code, giving presidents unimaginable emergency power. No President has abused it. Yet.

The political upheaval of 1824 changed America. The same could happen in 2024.