Lyndon Baines Johnson

In the five years since the landmark decision, the Supreme Court has set the stage for a new era of white hegemony.

It used to be that nobody would admit to opposing a nominee for ideological reasons. Should we be happy that illusion is over?

A trio of books depict the true narrative of the massacres within Indonesia in 1965.

It’s not the 1990s anymore. People want the government to help solve big problems. Here’s how the Democrats must respond.

For many American liberals, RFK became a symbol of not just a better past, but also a better future that might have been.

The development, use, and marketing of medications for children in the 20th century.

The world that 1968 ushered in is a far cry from the one activists imagined.

And why would President Trump bother to change the name?

This is the man who has criticized the FBI's surveillance of Martin Luther King as "shameful."

What if the problem isn’t the president—it’s the presidency?

Her death is a useful reminder that students have often served on the political front lines.

Selma and the unfulfilled promise of civil rights.

Released 50 years ago, the report concluded that poverty and institutional racism were driving inner-city violence.

Instead of revitalizing the Democratic coalition, the commission's report exposed the fractures in American society.

African Americans are better off in many ways, but are still disadvantaged by racial inequality.

Separate hospitals for black and white patients were the norm in America, but then all of that changed — and it changed quickly.

A historian reveals the crucial role that he played in helping Daniel Ellsberg leak the documents to journalists.

President Trump is the embodiment of over 50 years of resistance to the policies Martin Luther King Jr. fought to enact.

Trump has revived an age-old debate about why some people choose race over class—and how far they will go to protect the system.

The government’s failure to fully invest in higher education created our current crisis.