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It’s the Charisma, Stupid
It’s not whom you’d want to get a beer with, but whom you’d want to watch getting a beer.
by
Mark Oppenheimer
via
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
on
November 6, 2024
A Trump-Biden Tie Would Be a Political Nightmare — But Maybe a Boon to Democracy
The political upheaval of 1824 changed America. The same could happen in 2024.
by
Joshua Zeitz
via
Politico
on
May 16, 2024
The “Fascist” With a Popular Majority
Donald Trump’s victory will inevitably reopen the “fascism debate.” But does a populist whose appeal cuts across diverse groups truly fit the fascist profile?
by
Tristan Hughes
via
Jacobin
on
November 19, 2024
Understanding Latino Support for Donald Trump
Democrats have often described Latinos as decisive when they support liberal candidates and inconsequential when they don’t.
by
Geraldo Cadava
via
The New Yorker
on
November 18, 2024
Trump Is Not an Aberration
America’s path has been contested since its founding, and realizing the promise of liberty required generations of struggle.
by
Jeffrey C. Isaac
via
New Lines Magazine
on
November 12, 2024
partner
How Trump’s Red Wave Builds on the Past
Donald’s Trump’s resounding 2024 victory echoes electoral shifts of the past.
via
Retro Report
on
November 8, 2024
Did We Just See an Electoral Realignment?
Shifting voting patterns suggest it’s possible, but only if they persist through subsequent elections.
by
Harold Meyerson
via
The American Prospect
on
November 7, 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
There’s a Very Specific Issue Haunting This Election. No One Is Talking About It.
You can bury it. But you can’t escape it.
by
Grady Hendrix
via
Slate
on
October 31, 2024
Trump in the Garden
Eight years into the fascism debate, few skeptics seem to be willing to admit that they were wrong.
by
Patrick Iber
via
Dissent
on
October 29, 2024
partner
The Long History of the 'October Surprise'
Last minute disclosures or revelations can play an outsized role in the last weeks before an election.
by
Robert B. Mitchell
via
Made By History
on
October 24, 2024
Taylor Swift and the History of the Celebrity Endorsement
Do pop culture interventions in presidential elections make a difference?
by
Addie Mahmassani
via
New Lines Magazine
on
October 23, 2024
Donald Trump Would Be Weaker the Second Time Around
Donald Trump wants the ideology of William McKinley and Gilded Age Republicanism, but with a totally different social base. It won’t work.
by
Paul Heidman
via
Jacobin
on
October 23, 2024
The Coming Witch Trials
It’s time to care for the community—not cleanse it.
by
Adam Jortner
via
Current (religion and democracy)
on
October 22, 2024
Kamala Harris Must Grapple with America’s Founding Fathers
To achieve a new political settlement, she has to resolve a tension dating from the Revolution.
by
Justin H. Vassallo
via
New Statesman
on
October 12, 2024
TV Still Runs Politics
Just about every major development in the current presidential campaign started as a television event.
by
Paul Farhi
via
The Atlantic
on
August 22, 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
What It Means to ‘Willie Horton’ a Political Candidate
Donald Trump supporters run their version of the original dog-whistle attack ad against Kamala Harris. Here’s the history.
by
Beth Schwartzapfel
via
The Marshall Project
on
July 31, 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
Is the Age of the Resistance Historian Coming to an End?
People who study the past don’t always have special insight into politics. Recent events have made that crystal clear.
by
William Hogeland
via
Slate
on
July 11, 2024
The Arguments for Biden 2024 Keep Getting Worse
No, "history" does not tell us that the Democrats shouldn't change their nominee.
by
Eric Levitz
via
Vox
on
July 9, 2024
Hey Man, We’re Out of Runway
On three histories of the Biden White House, and the 2024 election.
by
Christian Lorentzen
via
London Review of Books
on
July 8, 2024
Votes for Humphrey [Biden]
On (not) voting.
by
Michael Brenes
via
Warfare And Welfare
on
June 11, 2024
No, the 2024 Election Won’t Be Anything Like 1968
The election will be a challenge for Joe Biden. But looking to the past won’t help him—or us—understand what lies ahead.
by
Walter Shapiro
via
The New Republic
on
May 9, 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
The Wild History of “Lesser of Two Evils” Voting
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.
by
Ginny Hogan
via
The Nation
on
March 19, 2024
The Supreme Court Must Unanimously Strike Down Trump’s Ballot Removal
Excluding him, wrongfully, by a close vote of the Supreme Court could well trigger the next Civil War.
by
Lawrence Lessig
via
Slate
on
December 20, 2023
Searching for the Perfect Republic
On the 14th amendment – and if it might stop Trump.
by
Eric Foner
,
Ted Widmer
via
The Guardian
on
November 15, 2023
partner
Republicans Didn’t Always Run Far to the Right in Presidential Primaries
The 1988 presidential primary showed it wasn't always like this — and helped guide the GOP to where it is now.
by
Robert L. Fleegler
via
Made By History
on
June 8, 2023
Can America’s Problems Be Fixed By A President Who Loves Jon Meacham?
How a pop historian shaped the soul of Biden’s presidency.
by
Kara Voght
via
Mother Jones
on
April 2, 2021
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