Jon Grinspan

For as long as Americans have been subjected to lousy candidates, they’ve been told to suck it up and vote for one of them.

Fearful of increasing participation, elites of the era attempted to rein in democracy.

How the late 19th century’s raucous party system gave way to a sedate and exclusionary political culture that erected more and more barriers to participation.

The death of mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe is its own mystery. But new research suggests election fraud may have contributed to his demise in Baltimore.

Without a name for it, figuring out why it happened is that much harder.

A political education begins with knockoff opinions amid the 1840 U.S. presidential election.