Lyndon Baines Johnson

Black civil-rights activists—and especially Black women—delivered on the promise of the Founding. Their victories are in peril.

In 1969, an activist set out to build an African-American metropolis from scratch. What would have happened if Soul City had succeeded?

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

News outlets have apologized for past racism. That should only be the start.

The answer can change over time.

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

The collapse of the Republican Party.

A brief history of a political dog whistle.

In the nearly sixty years since the Cuban missile crisis, the story of near-catastrophe has only grown more complicated.

There has been some famous presidential campaign moments in the past 50 years. However, not everyone knows or remembers these moments.

Nikole Hannah-Jones gives the credit for ending quotas to civil rights reformers. The truth is a bit more complicated.

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

Even housing policies that sought to create more Black homeowners were stymied by racism and a determination to shrink the government’s presence.

The activist did not learn about her right to vote until she was 44, but once she did, she vigorously fought for black voting rights

Cuts to public services that might mitigate poverty and promote social mobility have become a perpetual excuse for more policing.

Using the word incorrectly oversimplifies history—and won't help us address our current political crisis.

The House approved a constitutional amendment to dismantle the indirect voting system, but it was killed in the Senate by a filibuster.

When J.F.K. ran for President, a team of data scientists with powerful computers set out to model and manipulate American voters. Sound familiar?

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

To hold the police accountable for misconduct, data related to police violence must not only become more accessible, it must also become more reliable.