Harry S. Truman

The turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic could push the amendment across the finish line after a century of work.

The filibuster, invented to uphold slavery, must be eliminated if Democrats hope to deliver progressive legislation.

A cat named Miss Pussy! A racist parrot! Benjamin Harrison’s possums, which he later ate!

As far back as WWI, militant unions like the International Ladies’ Garment Workers radicalized the campaign for health care and came within an inch of victory.

The answer can change over time.

By making health care broadly available, the government helps ensure our freedom.

A new history shows how the glut of US military bases abroad has led to a constant state of military conflict.

How the President could endanger the official records of one of the most consequential periods in American history.

The collapse of the Republican Party.

Democrats and Republicans are increasingly united in an anti-China front. But their approaches to U.S. foreign policy diverge.

Why did the historian come to fear the very movements he once would have celebrated?

USS Doris Miller will honor a Black Pearl Harbor hero and key figure in the rise of the Civil Rights Movement.

How many people really died because of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings? It’s complicated. There are at least two credible answers.

Government investment into a cancer vaccine had drawbacks.

Policing is not the only kind of state violence. City governments have demolished hundreds of Black neighborhoods in the name of urban renewal.

When Nicholson Baker searched for the truth about biological weapons, he found a fog of redaction.

She designed Social Security and public works programs that helped bring millions out of poverty. Her work has been largely forgotten.

Revisiting John Hersey's groundbreaking "Hiroshima."

As white, southern troops raised the battle flag, they showed that they were fighting for change abroad—but the status quo at home.

As we approach the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings, we're going to see a lot of journalistic takes on them — many of them totally wrong.