William Howard Taft

A timeline of border fortification, from 1945 to the Trump Era.

What do the results of the 2018 midterms portend for the next two years?

In 1911, the Dillingham Commission set a half-century precedent for screening out 'undesirable' newcomers.

Decades before the Miranda decision, a Washington triple-homicide paced the way to protect criminal suspects.

American niceness is the absolute worst thing to ever happen in human history.

An interactive depiction of more than a century's worth of foreign travel by U.S. presidents and secretaries of state.

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress decided that there needed to be severe limits on who was coming into the country.

The crazy history of nominating Conventions.

“Terrible, terrible! A thousand casualties. And heartrending scenes. Men trampling down women and children. Most brutal thing…” — James Joyce, Ulysses

Woodrow Wilson arrived at the White House determined to eliminate the gains African-Americans made during Reconstruction.

Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.

Debating torture and counterinsurgency—a century ago.

The complex history, career, and legacy of one of America's most popular speakers and reformers.

The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and his creation of the modern "performer" president.