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In the 1990s, the New Democrats trusted corporations to do the right thing. The results were disastrous.

In an era of laissez-faire governance, a growing number of federal and state regulations were justified as necessary to protect public health and morality.

Fights over fugitive slave laws pitted states against each other and showcased the risks of the federal government not supporting liberty.

Clashes between sovereignty rights and civil rights reveal an uncomfortable and complicated story about race and belonging in America.

The historical insights of one era have been lost to the journalistic instincts of another.

The contradictory past and uncertain future of the Democratic Party.

Are alarmist narratives about a “new civil war” obscuring the real battle in US politics: the fight for democracy?

The latest US Census—used to decide representation in Congress—is flawed. One surprising solution? Enlarge the House of Representatives.

Francis Fukuyama pines for that old-time liberalism.

Comparing the results of two Louisiana slave rebellions 20 years apart and what that meant for the continuation of slavery within the Deep South.

The pro-life movement needs to know that such culture wars result not in outright victory for one side but in reaction and compromise.

When the personal and professional lives of Hawai'i Congresswoman Patsy Mink collided.

The work of three women, in particular, helped pass this landmark legislation.

The reasons that Nixon’s scandal endures when other presidents’ disgraces have not.

The Julian Assange case exposes how changing concepts unintentionally broadened a law.

A new book explores Abraham Lincoln's interactions with African Americans during his presidency.

Amidst the January 6 hearings, the fiftieth anniversary of Nixon’s scandal reminds us that it has only gotten harder to hold presidents accountable.

Southern secessionists in 1860 had similar arguments to those of the rioters who stormed the Capitol.

As an NRA-approved icon and the mass shooter’s weapon of choice, the AR-15 has done untold harm.

Since 1892, the United States has deported more immigrants (over 57 million) than any other nation.

Elites understood that a unified left spelled doom for their economic advantages.

In settling a rivalry between Maryland and Virginia and preventing individual states from getting into bed with France and Spain, maybe the Articles weren't a failure after all.

Koch argues that the Age of Revolution, known mainly as the period between the American Revolution and the Revolutions of 1848, continued all the way to 1865.

31-year-old Cleveland mayor Dennis Kucinich took a stand against the sale of his city’s publicly owned electric utility. And he almost paid for it with his life.

The concern of this article is with the unraveling of precedent based upon a judicial philosophy known as originalism.

A new biography of Robert Welch traces the origins and history of the anti-Communist John Birch Society and provides historical perspective on the Trump era.

Emma Goldman’s opposition to the American government poses an interesting question for our modern democracy: is there room for radical dissent?

Authorities who investigated Jane Stanford’s mysterious death said the wealthy widow had no enemies. A new book finds that she had many.

A new book examines how the US government funded the growth of — and delegated governance to — the nonprofit sector.

These Progressive Era Republicans wanted to run the Federal government like a business.