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America and Russia in the 1990s: This is What Real Meddling Looks Like
It’s hard to imagine having more direct control over a foreign country’s political system — short of a straight-up military occupation.
by
Yasha Levine
via
yasha.substack
on
August 27, 2020
partner
The Founders Knew That Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections was Dangerous
The origins of our efforts to keep foreign countries out of our elections.
by
Jordan E. Taylor
via
Made By History
on
October 7, 2019
Foreign Interference in US Elections Dates Back Decades
2016 was not the first election in which a foreign power tried to interfere – Nazis and Soviets tried it too.
by
Bradley W. Hart
via
The Conversation
on
January 22, 2019
partner
Foreign Powers Interfered in the 1968 Election. Why Didn’t LBJ Stop Them?
Was his disdain for his vice president greater than his desire for Democrats to win?
by
Arnold A. Offner
via
Made By History
on
November 4, 2018
The U.S. Needs to Face Up to Its Long History of Election Meddling
Russian electoral interference has renewed the temptation for American leaders to do the same.
by
Peter Beinart
via
The Atlantic
on
July 22, 2018
Dermokratiya, USA
With rampant talk of Russian interference, it's worth recounting Washington's role in undermining Russia's 1996 election.
by
Sean Guillory
via
Jacobin
on
March 13, 2017
Yes, We’ve Done It Too
A history of the United States meddling in the elections of other countries.
by
Jess Engebretson
via
KQED
on
March 2, 2017
Open the Congo Files and Face Up to What the CIA Did
When Congo gained independence during the Cold War, secret U.S. actions undermined its young democracy. It’s time to make up for that.
by
Stuart A. Reid
via
Washington Post
on
October 24, 2023
The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again
The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment.
by
Laurence H. Tribe
,
J. Michael Luttig
via
The Atlantic
on
August 19, 2023
A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan Acts
These 1870s laws to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, now being used against Trump.
by
Joseph Kelly
via
The Conversation
on
August 4, 2023
Keeping Speech Robust and Free
Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox News' coverage of claims that the company had rigged the 2020 election may soon become an artifact of a vanished era.
by
Jeffrey Toobin
via
New York Review of Books
on
July 7, 2023
How a Fringe Legal Theory Became a Threat to Democracy
Lawyers tried to use the independent-state-legislature theory to sway the outcomes of the 2000 and 2020 elections. What if it were to become the law of the land?
by
Andrew Marantz
via
The New Yorker
on
June 5, 2023
It’s All But Settled: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian Hostages
Suspicions have long swirled around unscrupulous campaign manager William Casey. We believe the evidence is now overwhelming.
by
Stuart E. Eizenstat
,
Jonathan Alter
,
Kai Bird
,
Gary Sick
via
The New Republic
on
May 3, 2023
Did Voter Fraud Kill Edgar Allan Poe?
The death of mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe is its own mystery. But new research suggests election fraud may have contributed to his demise in Baltimore.
by
Randy Dotinga
via
Retropolis
on
March 26, 2023
Collusion, Theft, Violence, and Lies: Lurid Tales of American Elections
1796, the first contested presidential election.
by
William Hogeland
via
Hogeland's Bad History
on
March 3, 2023
How 155 Angry White Men Chained Alabama to Its Confederate Past
Their plan required not only a social and legal division along racial lines but a political one, too — a separation that persists today.
by
Kyle Whitmire
via
al.com
on
December 5, 2022
Colfax, Cruikshank, and the Latter-Day War on Reconstruction
Unearthing the deep roots of racialized voter suppression—and explaining how they shape ballot access today.
by
David Daley
via
The Forum
on
August 3, 2022
partner
Dictators and Civil Wars: The Cold War in Latin America
Driven by fears of the rise of communism, the U.S. intervened in elections across the globe. In Latin America, the consequences are still being felt.
via
Retro Report
on
February 25, 2022
Voter Fraud Propagandists Are Recycling Jim Crow Rhetoric
The conservative plot to suppress the Black vote has relied on racist caricatures, then and now.
by
Nick Tabor
via
The New Republic
on
February 4, 2022
partner
The Electoral Count Act Is Broken. Fixing It Requires Knowing How It Became Law.
Trump tried to exploit flaws that were embedded in the law from the start.
by
Rachel Shelden
,
Erik B. Alexander
via
Made By History
on
October 8, 2021
U.S. Intervention in Haiti Would Be a Disaster—Again
The nation’s poverty and chaos has been shaped by Washington for decades.
by
Jonathan M. Katz
via
Foreign Policy
on
July 13, 2021
How to Steal an American Election
From Alexander Hamilton to Richard Nixon and more: meddling, fixing, rigging, fraud, and violence.
by
William Hogeland
via
Hogeland's Bad History
on
January 28, 2021
Josh Hawley Is Not the First Missouri Senator with Blood on His Hands
The Bleeding Kansas parallels with our current moment get weirder and darker.
by
Steven Lubet
via
Tropics of Meta
on
January 13, 2021
partner
President Trump’s False Claims About Election Fraud Are Dangerous
Trump’s campaign to delegitimize the vote has a familiar ring. It evokes an egregious example of election fraud in the 1890s.
by
Sid Bedingfield
via
Made By History
on
November 5, 2020
The Time Nixon’s Cronies Tried to Overturn a Presidential Election
The gambit was cynical and disruptive, but in the end it didn’t work.
by
David Greenberg
via
Politico Magazine
on
October 10, 2020
Trump's War on Election Integrity Follows a Racist Playbook Used in 1980s Orange County
As Trump calls for legions to, as he proclaimed, 'go into the polls,' we should recall the sordid episode of voter intimidation that happened in Orange County.
by
Gustavo Arellano
via
Los Angeles Times
on
October 1, 2020
Ronald Reagan’s “October Surprise” Plot Was Real After All
A batch of quietly released documents confirms what many have long suspected.
by
Branko Marcetic
via
Jacobin
on
January 21, 2020
Democracy and Misinformation
The Cold War and today.
by
Jennifer M. Miller
via
Perspectives on History
on
June 10, 2019
partner
The Natl. Security Adviser who Colluded With Foreign Powers Decades Before Michael Flynn
New documents reveal that Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign colluded with a foreign government far more than historians thought.
by
Shane O'Sullivan
via
Made By History
on
December 26, 2018
partner
How Partisanship and Distrust Leave Congress Vulnerable to Hacking
Congress isn't safe from foreign interference. It never has been.
by
KC Johnson
via
Made By History
on
October 2, 2018
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