William Jennings Bryan

You likely think of the American West as deeply conservative and rural. Yet history shows this politics is very new indeed.

From evolution to anti-racism, parents and progressives have clashed for a century over who gets to tell our origin stories.

Julian Fellowes' new series dramatizes the late 19th-century clash between New York City's old and new monied elite.

The temperance movement wasn’t an example of American exceptionalism; it was a globe-spanning network of activists and politicians against economic exploitation.

On the failed dreams and forgotten ruins of William Hope Harvey.

From the Nye Committee to Joe Kent, the fight against war profiteering is a constant struggle.

What's the matter with left-populism? A review of Thomas Frank's "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism."

On Populist programs and democratic central banking.

A term that once described a vital tradition within the Christian faith now means something else entirely.

They stood against Tammany Hall, the centralized presidency, and profligate spending. Today's Right should give them another look.

As Arkansas politics becomes more conservative, voters are using the ballot for progressive ends.

How the region switched from being the stronghold of one party to the base of its adversary.

One hundred years later, it’s time to challenge a long-held bias.

“The Improbable Wendell Willkie” offers a look at how American politics might have been.

The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.

How evangelicals became an anxious minority seeking political protection from a not traditionally religious president.

How a demagogue resembles a typhoon, and why it matters to the future of the republic.

The term "fake news" dates back to the end of the 19th century.

How the Spanish-American War laid the groundwork for American empire.

Republicans are again sprinting toward an economic cliff.