Lyndon Baines Johnson

Justifying civilian casualties has a long history.

One thing’s for sure: The CIA doesn’t want you to know.

Three-quarters of a century before artificial intelligence concerns, rapid advances in automation prompted panic about mass unemployment—and radical solutions.

Modernization theory and the delusions of American strategy.

Black prosperity has provoked white resentment that has led to the undoing of policies that have nurtured Black advancement.

In “The Court at War,” Cliff Sloan examines the close relationship between FDR and the high court during World War II.

“We could afford to end poverty,” Matthew Desmond tells us. That we don’t is a choice.

The esteemed labor historian reflects on his life and career, including Berkeley in the 1960s, Walter Reuther, the early UAW, Walmart, Bill Clinton, and more.

How the law became a staging ground for unrestrained war.

Before going to the press, Ellsberg spent a year and a half quietly leaking the Pentagon Papers to leading antiwar lawmakers. They all declined to speak out.

Decades of evidence reveals that work requirements for food assistance leave people hungry and hurt the economy. But supporting them remains good politics.

Anna Rosenberg had massive influence in American politics for 40 years. Remembering her story offers a guide for solving problems today.

We now know a great deal about the crimes he committed while in office. But we know little about his four decades with Kissinger Associates.

How America gave up on housing equality.

We revere the man and revile the strategy, but King knew what he was doing.

The lessons of the past for suburban affordable housing advocates.

Revelations about secret government programs after Kennedy’s assassination increased the power of conspiracy theories.

It’s nearly impossible to separate modern-day gun laws from race.

Police champions have long wielded new technology as a tool to project authority and legitimacy, while deflecting criticism.

Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy publicly apologized after restaurants refused to serve Black representatives of newly independent nations.