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Ronald Reagan Was Once Donald Trump

The Trump candidacy looks a lot more like Reagan's than anyone might care to notice.

by Frank Rich via Intelligencer on June 1, 2016

Donald Trump’s Not-so-Silent Majority

Unlike Nixon's famous "silent majority," Trump's backers are loud - and growing in volume

by Jonathan Zimmerman via Salon on May 29, 2016

The Myth of the 'Reagan Democrat'

The notion that Donald Trump can convert a large swath of white, blue-collar Democrats is a fantasy. They don’t exist.

by Peter Beinart via The Atlantic on May 28, 2016

Carrie Buck with her mother Emma.

The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement

It's impossible to revisit the history of America's quest for racial purity without sometimes being reminded of the current public discourse.

by Andrea DenHoed via The New Yorker on April 27, 2016

Ross Perot speaking in front of a banner opposing NAFTA.

End of the End of History, Redux

Remember Perot?

by Frank Guan via n+1 on March 24, 2016

Bernie Sanders Bids for Jewish History

The Vermont senator isn’t religious, but a victory in Iowa or New Hampshire would be the first ever for a Jewish presidential candidate.

by Russell Berman via The Atlantic on January 27, 2016

Bernie Sanders Is Right That Reparations Would Be Divisive

But the Vermont senator’s political revolution depends on white America, too.

by Jamelle Bouie via Slate on January 21, 2016

Donald Trump and the Return of the 1920s

We are again caught between nationalists longing for an imagined past, and activists invoking ideals the nation has not attained.

by Richard Yeselson via The Atlantic on December 30, 2015

Donald Trump Isn’t a Fascist; He’s a Media-Savvy Know-Nothing

Donald Trump combines the instincts of a reality-TV star with the politics of a hundred-and-seventy-year-old nativist movement.

by John Cassidy via The New Yorker on December 28, 2015

Are Reagan Democrats Becoming Trump Democrats?

Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump may prove that having once been a Democrat is an asset for a Republican presidential nominee for president

by Jeffrey Lord via The American Spectator on August 13, 2015

Taylor Swift's Instagram post endorsing Kamala Harris. Swift is holding a cat and facing the camera, dressed in black.

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

Attendees look at a map of the U.S. electoral college during the Republican National Convention (RNC) near the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

The Debate That Gave Us the Electoral College

John Dickinson's contributions to the Constitution continue to reverberate today.

by Jane E. Calvert via Made By History on October 18, 2024

George Gallup reenacting his polling methods on a talk show.

The Problems with Polls

Political polling’s greatest achievement is its complete co-opting of our understanding of public opinion, which we can no longer imagine without it.

by Samuel Earle via New York Review of Books on September 26, 2024

Law and Political Economy Project

Recovering the Left-Wing Free Trade Tradition

Free trade has been defended primarily by neoliberals who cared little about social justice or democracy. An examination of its history paints a different picture.

by Marc-William Palen via LPE Project on March 21, 2024

Photo of a young Donald Trump greeting Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2000

Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura’s Shocking Election 25 Years Ago Previewed Trump’s

The former pro wrestler says his surprise election as Minnesota governor paved the way for Donald Trump. Now he looks back “shamefully” on their past ties.

by Frederic J. Frommer via Retropolis on November 3, 2023

John F. Kennedy shaking hands with Lyndon Johnson and Walter George

Samuel Moyn Can’t Stop Blaming Trumpism on Liberals

"Liberalism Against Itself" makes an incoherent attack on liberalism.

by Jonathan Chait via Intelligencer on September 7, 2023

Iraq and the Pathologies of Primacy

The flawed logic that produced the war is alive and well.

by Stephen Wertheim via Foreign Affairs on March 17, 2023

Robet Kagan resting his head in his hands in a contemplative position, with a dark red background

Robert Kagan and Interventionism’s Big Reboot

He fell from favor after the disaster of the Iraq War. But he was always biding his time.

by Samuel Moyn via The New Republic on February 14, 2023

Middle class neighborhood with sold home sign

Our Segregation Problem

The consequences of racial separation are significant for left political organizing aimed at building a multiracial working-class majority.

by Aziz Rana via Dissent on October 5, 2022

Picture of a cross necklace over a suit.

The Faith and Its Keepers

In the 1990s, liberal intellectuals complained that evangelicals were moralistic on political questions. Now the complaint is reversed.

by D. G. Hart via The Wall Street Journal on October 4, 2022

Protesters holding flags of the US and Mexico.

How Prop. 187 Transformed the Immigration Debate and California Politics

Much of the anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy in the news today is similar to a movement that swept the country 20 years ago.

via Retro Report on December 3, 2021

A pro-Trump mob storms the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6., 2021

Far-Right Extremism Dominates the GOP. It Didn’t Start — And Won’t End — With Trump.

How a decades-long movement helped the far-right fringe gain control of the GOP.

by Joseph Lowndes via Made By History on November 8, 2021

Black and white photo of construction workers, high up in a building, looking down over industrialized NYC.

The History of the United States as the History of Capitalism

What gets lost when we view the American past as primarily a story about capitalism?

by Steven Hahn via The Nation on November 1, 2021

How the War on Terror Undermined American Democracy

Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.

by Patrick Iber via The New Republic on August 5, 2021

Four stars with different designs

How America Fractured Into Four Parts

People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?

by George Packer via The Atlantic on June 8, 2021

Benito Mussolini standing above an endless crowd.

Are We Living in an Age of Strongmen?

A new book by Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses the past and present challenges posed by authoritarianism, but misses the conditions in which it arises.

by David A. Bell via The Nation on April 3, 2021

James Baker and Jimmy Carter.

Why Republicans Won’t Shut Up About a 16-Year-Old Bipartisan Report on Election Reform

The Carter-Baker report was intended to strengthen Americans’ trust in the electoral process. It’s become a weapon for right-wing attacks on voting rights.

by Matt Ford via The New Republic on March 10, 2021

class politics graphic of voters facing off

The Politics of a Second Gilded Age

Mass inequality in the Gilded Age thrived on identity-based partisanship, helping extinguish the fires of class rage. In 2021, we’re headed down the same path.

by Matthew Karp via Jacobin on February 17, 2021

A red, white, and blue star over a cropped portrait of James Madison.

America Must Become a Democracy

The authors of the Constitution feared mass participation would unsettle government, but it’s the privileged minority that has proved destabilizing.

by David Frum via The Atlantic on February 15, 2021

Civil rights era photo of young people protesting for voting rights in between black and white photos of black people lined up to vote

American Democracy Is Only 55 Years Old—And Hanging by a Thread

Black civil-rights activists—and especially Black women—delivered on the promise of the Founding. Their victories are in peril.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on February 11, 2021

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