Power

A conversation with John David Waiheʻe III, former Governor of Hawai‘i, on the U.S. apology to the Hawaiian people.

We don’t need to imagine a world ravaged by nuclear war – we’re already living in it.

In a new book, “Did it Happen Here?,” scholars debate what the F-word conceals and what it reveals.

A whistle-stop train tour, and some plain speaking spur Harry Truman's come from behind win in 1948 over Thomas Dewey.

Even before the United States regulated migration, states did. Here’s why.

A new film dramatizes Shirley Chisholm's history-making bid to become the first Black woman president in 1972.

A very old concept remains a key part of navigating the United States' broken immigration system.

The dumping of tons of tea in protest set the stage for the American Revolution and was a window on the culture and attitudes of the time.

What role does age play in determining the status of equals?

For as long as Americans have been subjected to lousy candidates, they’ve been told to suck it up and vote for one of them.

In 1976, Ronald Reagan found owning the soul of a party isn’t the same as taking home its nomination.

Immigration has been a defining issue in a campaign before, and the consequences transformed the Democratic Party.

An effort is underway to restore President Wilson’s reputation as a great reformer. His best reforms were won by a mass movement, often pushing against Wilson.

Donald Trump’s candidacy wasn’t the first time the Republican Party was split by an outsider declaring war on the establishment elite.

A radical third party had a new idea for selecting a presidential candidate, and it’s still in use today.

In 1974, after years of grinding war in Vietnam had exhausted most of the antiwar movement, Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda came up with a new strategy.

Congress’s periodic battles over the Farm Bill often pass unnoticed, but the document effectively determines what, how, and how much we eat.

Richardson’s work is as much about the contradictions of our shared past as it is an urgent call to action around the current authoritarian crisis.

The Great War forced the US to create a modern spying and analysis apparatus.

A brief history of the license plate.

A measure almost made the Republican Party’s 2024 Texas primary ballot to measure whether party members would support secession from the United States.

But it didn’t work out for their parties.

Past conservative figures seem moderate by today's standards.

For what did these Americans endure such painful hardship and sacrifice? For what were they taking such a significant stand? Surely, it wasn’t just about tea!

Like his predecessor, the president is decrying anti-Arab and Muslim hatred while helping fuel it. People are refusing to let him get away with this hypocrisy.

As more Black men gained the right to vote in New York, the state began to change its laws to reduce their power or disenfranchise them completely.

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the rule, but Congress originally intended to prioritize public health.

Historians Rosemarie Zagarri and Holly Brewer explain the anti-monarchical origins of the Constitution and the presidency.

After World War II ended, government and military leaders were ready to return women to their domestic roles. But one woman had other ideas.

Until the Civil War, regulating immigration to the US was left to individual states. That changed with Emancipation and the legal end of slavery.