Robert F. Kennedy

The idealistic presidential candidate was on the verge of seizing control of the 1968 race just as Sirhan Sirhan’s bullet struck.

The New York-to-Washington train had 21 cars, 700 passengers—and millions of trackside mourners.

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

Many on the left have learned the wrong lessons from his ill-fated presidential bid.

Until his last breath, RFK insisted that Americans confront their country’s shortcomings—and live up to its potential.

On the 50th anniversary of RFK's death, a glimpse inside one of his closest relationships.

Fifty years later, Bobby Kennedy’s passionate, inspiring, and tragic presidential campaign still fascinates.

This weekend is the anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s fateful decision to enter the 1968 presidential race. What if he hadn’t?

Why is America’s near-mythic dynasty so nasty up close?

The hero worship of the family of American royalty has a dark side: a tendency toward conspiracism that fits with the MAGA movement.

The famous author, who would have been 100 years old today, was best known for his novels and essays. But correspondence was where his light shone brightest.

But they also find key differences.

Witness to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

Amid the global threats posed by climate change, energy costs, unemployment and inequality, the need to rethink progress is now an urgent priority.

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

Fifty years later, the legacies of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy still loom large.

In memory of Martin Luther King Jr, a look back on his funeral.

Protests, populism, and progressivism all clashed in a battle royal. But what really drives election results?

And how they helped seal America’s fate in Vietnam.

Lyndon Johnson wanted sweeping new gun control laws. Instead he got crumbs.