Kevin Phillips

Kevin Phillips help set the Republican Party on the path that led it to Trump.

Fifty years after the Republican Party hit upon a winning formula, President Trump is putting it at risk.

“The most underrated president” was a model of successful governance in a world in flux.

Protests, populism, and progressivism all clashed in a battle royal. But what really drives election results?

Many recoil at the thought of stronger political parties. But revitalized parties could be exactly what our ailing democracy needs.

The rise of the right remade the GOP—and fundamentally changed how parties operated in American politics.

The contradictory past and uncertain future of the Democratic Party.

The best-selling musical artist in the world in 1969, Johnny Cash sang of (and for) the "forgotten Americans": the imprisoned men of all races.

The "new history of capitalism" cuts class politics at the expense of history.

Four historians weigh in on evangelicals' affinity for Trump – and their commitment to the conservative movement more broadly.

Georgia GOP candidate Brian Kemp is using a tried-and-tested formula designed to erode and corrode American democracy.