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Gains made under Carter’s presidential leadership in the early 1980s might have bought the planet precious time.

Reactionary leaders are invoking communism as a way of attacking the left, says author and activist Richard Seymour.

The Supreme Court, the federal branch with the least public accountability, has historically sided with tradition over more expansive human rights visions.

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg concludes an era of faith in courts as partners in the fight for progress and equality.

What the youngest cohort of American voters thinks about politics, fear and the potential of the country they’ve grown up in.

Not since Reconstruction has there been such an opportunity for the advancement of racial justice.

For close to a century, conservatives have seen all government programs as the road to socialism.

Eric Foner sees parallels with our own time but warns that yesterday’s solution would be a disaster.

As we mine the 1940s for alternate visions of international order, we must not presume that the US remains the benevolent center of global politics.

In 1952, the newspaper publisher and activist joined a long-shot bid by the Progressive Party, paving the way for politicians like Harris.

The policy roots of today’s childcare crisis.

We looked at 271 presidential candidate logos from 1968–2020 to find out how race and gender intersect with color choices.

Grass-roots pressure will be key to turning the idea into reality.

Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.

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

Police reform is a time-honored counter-insurgency measure to quell rebellion.

The parallels between the summer of '32 and what is happening now are striking.

How calls for “real reforms” have resulted in measures that further shield police from real accountability.

How a party spent decades making itself white.

The history of American policing shows that it was designed to eat up resources and subjugate the civilian population.