Ronald Reagan

The 1988 presidential primary showed it wasn't always like this — and helped guide the GOP to where it is now.

First, the GOP became the party of tax cuts and now it won't touch entitlements — which makes a balanced budget nearly impossible.

The conservative comedian spoke out for gay rights and gun control, and got boycotted and ostracized by friends on the right, including Ronald Reagan.

How market fundamentalists convinced Americans to loathe government.

The “forgotten American” mythology of the POW/MIA movement continues to haunt our politics today.

How a red wave in a solidly blue state helped tip the balance.

None of it happened by mistake.

It’s a political movement willing to align with anyone to win.

To understand today’s political battles, you need to know how they began.

Through an assault on administrative agencies, the Supreme Court is systematically eroding the legal basis of effective governance.

An excerpt from "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism."

The modern Republican Party has always exploited and encouraged extremism.

In 1970 Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education.

The King holiday is more than a time for reflection. It’s really a time for provocation.

The debate once again centers on — and stokes — White parents’ anxieties.

Lady Bird Johnson and Nancy Reagan grappled with the contradictions of a role that is at once public and private, superficial and serious.

The former first lady fought the conservative Reagan administration in an attempt to get her husband to pay more attention to the deadly pandemic.

Why it’s foolish to think the modern GOP will ever break with its lunatic fringe.

Reagan's commitment to deregulation, aggressive military spending, and diminished oversight created a cocktail of corruption that was worse than Watergate.

A return to the fairness doctrine wouldn't curb the damage caused by the far-right media ecosystem fueling much of America's conspiracy-driven politics.