Woodrow Wilson

World War I saw the advent of chemical weaponry, and a mysterious chapter in the history of American University in Northwest DC.

The idea of liberty has often seemed to mean freedom from government and its spending. But there is an alternate history, one just as foundational and defining.

Over the past century, the United States came to rely ever more on economic coercion—with questionable results.

What turned Smedley Butler into a critic of American foreign policy?

A century of tax avoidance later, the dynasties created in the 1900s are going strong.

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

Why do some political incumbents adopt aggressive measures to slow the spread of infectious diseases while others do not?

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

Even when the president’s party passes historic legislation, voters don’t seem to care.

The Constitution meant for Congress to pass bills by a simple majority. But the process has changed over the decades.

The fate of electrified “rural trolleys” at the beginning of 20th century could offer lessons for today’s train boosters.

Understanding how the National Park Service Director is chosen is important for understanding the current state of our national parks system.

Bipartisanship might not be dead. But it is on life support. And it’s long past time we pulled the plug.

On the ways that people have conflated freedom with whiteness but pays too little attention to the force of freedom as a concept.

Half a world away, the citizens of two nations suffer at the hands of a familiar malefactor.

The conservative hysteria over critical race theory is a refusal to acknowledge that American schools have always taught a white-centric view of U.S. history.

The nation’s poverty and chaos has been shaped by Washington for decades.

The assassination of the president is part of a pattern that undermines democracy.

An interview with Jesse Tarbert about the history of the American state, “big government,” and the legacy of government reform efforts.

When 'seditious' and 'unpatriotic' speech was criminalized in the U.S.