Woodrow Wilson

Rumors ran wild as white mobs assaulted black residents who in turn fought back, refusing to be intimidated.

A front-page article helped incite the violence in the nation’s capital that left as many as 39 dead.

A century after women won the right to vote, The Atlantic reflects on the grueling fight for suffrage—and what came after.

Trump is just the latest in a long line of executives to stiff-arm the Constitution and ignore congressional powers.

His reputation was savaged because he had the temerity to question the 'Good War' narrative.

What the border fight means for one of the nation’s most potent, and most violent, myths.

On March 3, 1913, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade -- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote.

From the 80s onwards, the borderlands were rife with paramilitary cruelty and racism. But the president’s rhetoric has thrown fuel on the fire.

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

Minstrel shows were once so mainstream that even presidents watched them.

Donald Trump says there is “a crisis of the soul” at the border. He is right, though not in the way he thinks.

An analysis of 12 decades of New York Times headlines.

Our fights over nominees might be bitter, but they’re still less contentious than the 19th century.

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

The long, entwined history of America First and the American dream.

Black people emerged from the war bloodied and scarred. Still, the war marked a turning point in their struggles for freedom.

What, if anything, can we learn from the 1928 Paris Peace Pact?

Author Sarah Churchwell on the entangled history of America’s most loaded phrases.

The city sought to sell bonds to pay for the war effort, while bringing its citizens together during the infamous pandemic

Black intellectuals in the U.S.—from W. E. B. Du Bois to Marcus Garvey—had strong and divergent opinions on Japanese Empire.