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How John Lewis Put a Legacy of Heroism to Use
As the civil-rights era receded, his personal heroism loomed larger. But movement politics didn’t easily translate into party politics.
by
Kelefa Sanneh
via
The New Yorker
on
October 7, 2024
Historians and the Strange, Fluid World of 19th-Century Politics
Why our understanding of the era has been hindered by the party system model.
by
Rachel Shelden
,
Erik B. Alexander
via
Process: A Blog for American History
on
May 7, 2024
partner
Cochise County Didn’t Used To Be the Land Of Far Right Stunts
How the rural Arizona border county embodies the political shift in much of America.
by
Katherine Benton-Cohen
via
Made By History
on
December 2, 2022
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A Century of Reforms Made Iowa and New Hampshire Presidential Kingmakers
But did they backfire?
by
Bruce J. Schulman
via
Made By History
on
February 3, 2020
Are the Parties Dying?
A conversation on party politics and the durability of our current political system.
by
Christopher Caldwell
,
Michael Kazin
,
Frances Lee
,
David Karol
via
Democracy Journal
on
March 19, 2018
Two Cheers for Polarization
We may not like it, but when it comes to U.S. politics, polarization may very well be part of the solution.
by
Sam Rosenfeld
via
Boston Review
on
October 25, 2017
How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Shaped American Politics
From xenophobia to conspiracy theories, the Know Nothing party launched a nativist movement whose effects are still felt today.
by
Lorraine Boissoneault
via
Smithsonian
on
January 26, 2017
The Chaotic Politics of the South
For three quarters of a century the South was the geographic base of Democratic Presidential hopes.
by
C. Vann Woodward
via
New York Review of Books
on
December 14, 1972
partner
Will Grover Cleveland's Second Term Foreshadow Trump's Future?
The only president before Trump to win, lose, and win again ended up decimating his own party during his second term.
by
Luke Voyles
via
Made By History
on
November 21, 2024
The Rise and Fall of Midwest Populism
When the Minnesota’s Farmer-Labor Party merged into the Democratic machine, its populist energies were chewed up and spat out.
by
Patrick Greeley
via
Jacobin
on
November 11, 2024
The Echoes of 1800 in the 2024 Election
This year’s momentous vote strangely resembles one of the most consequential elections in American history.
by
Lindsay M. Chervinsky
via
The Bulwark
on
November 4, 2024
The Father of the Party System
Because Martin Van Buren was an unsuccessful president, his more significant contributions to the nation’s political life have also been obscured.
by
James M. Bradley
via
OUPblog
on
October 18, 2024
partner
Charm Offensive: Why Politicians Reach for ‘Relatable’
For American politicians, the obsession with appealing to the everyman dates back to the raucous campaign of 1840.
via
Retro Report
on
September 15, 2024
Kamala Harris’s “Freedom” Campaign
Democrats’ years-long efforts to reclaim the word are cresting in this year’s Presidential race.
by
Peter Slevin
via
The New Yorker
on
August 23, 2024
Divided We Stand: The Rise of Political Animosity
Scientists peered into the partisan abyss. They looked to see why hostility has become so high between groups with different political leanings.
by
Carl-Johan Karlsson
via
Knowable Magazine
on
August 19, 2024
The Civil-Rights Era’s Great Unanswered Question
Is this America?
by
Julian E. Zelizer
via
The Atlantic
on
August 17, 2024
How the 1968 DNC Devolved into ‘Unrestrained and Indiscriminate Police Violence’
As protesters prepare for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, a half-century old report provides lessons for preventing chaos.
by
Lakeidra Chavis
via
The Marshall Project
on
August 14, 2024
Hate Burst Out: Chicago, 1968
It is hard not to figure the 1968 election as inaugurating the cultural and political polarisation of the American electorate so evident today.
by
Kim Phillips-Fein
via
London Review of Books
on
August 7, 2024
How and Why American Communism Failed
Plus: One historian’s about-face on the Communist record.
by
Ronald Radosh
via
The Bulwark
on
August 2, 2024
What History Tells Us Might Happen to the Republican Party
The signs that precede the crumbling of American political parties and the creation of new ones.
by
Lindsay M. Chervinsky
via
The Bulwark
on
July 31, 2024
The Democrats’ Crisis Isn’t Over
Biden’s withdrawal won’t solve all of Democrats’ problems — but it gives them a chance.
by
Michael Kazin
via
Politico Magazine
on
July 23, 2024
partner
How Democrats Gave Away Their Ability to Pick a New Nominee
Until the late 1960s, the Democratic Party could have simply anointed a replacement for President Biden. Now it's not so easy.
by
Lawrence R. Jacobs
via
Made By History
on
July 22, 2024
There Has Been Nothing Like This in American History
Joe Biden is hardly the first president who has decided not to seek a second term—but the circumstances this time are unique.
by
Fred Kaplan
via
Slate
on
July 21, 2024
What We Get Wrong About White Workers
Deindustrialization has helped create a right-wing turn in many Midwestern towns. Long traditions of labor militancy can explain why it hasn’t in others.
by
Chris Maisano
,
Stephanie Ternullo
via
Jacobin
on
July 9, 2024
Why the 1924 Democratic National Convention Was the Longest and Most Chaotic of Its Kind
A century ago, the party took a record 103 ballots and 16 days of intense, violent debate to choose a presidential nominee.
by
Eli Wizevich
via
Smithsonian
on
June 24, 2024
Party People
Many recoil at the thought of stronger political parties. But revitalized parties could be exactly what our ailing democracy needs.
by
John Sides
via
Democracy Journal
on
June 13, 2024
partner
How Conservatives Changed the Whole Point of American Political Parties
The rise of the right remade the GOP—and fundamentally changed how parties operated in American politics.
by
Daniel Schlozman
,
Sam Rosenfeld
via
Made By History
on
June 10, 2024
A More Imperfect Union: How Differing National Visions Divided the North and the South
On the fragile facade of republicanism in 19th century America.
by
Alan Taylor
via
Literary Hub
on
May 21, 2024
partner
No Place to Make a Vote of Thanks
On the long tradition of Black third-party activism.
by
Marc Blanc
via
HNN
on
April 23, 2024
partner
The Biden-Trump Rematch May Mark the End of an Era
Over the course of U.S. history, presidential rematches have signaled momentous political upheavals.
by
Bruce J. Schulman
via
Made By History
on
April 4, 2024
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