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The Fairness Doctrine Sounds A Lot Better Than It Actually Was
A return to the fairness doctrine wouldn't curb the damage caused by the far-right media ecosystem fueling much of America's conspiracy-driven politics.
by
Nicole Hemmer
via
CNN
on
January 27, 2021
Political Scientist Angie Maxwell on Countering the 'Long Southern Strategy'
For decades, the Republican Party has used what's known as "the Southern Strategy" to win white support in the region.
by
Angie Maxwell
,
Benjamin Barber
via
Facing South
on
January 22, 2021
Why It’s Time to Take Secessionist Talk Seriously
Disunion is hardly a new theme in American politics. In this moment of tumult, it would be unwise to rule out its return.
by
Richard Kreitner
via
New York Review of Books
on
January 19, 2021
partner
Warnock’s Win Was 150 Years In the Making — But History Tells Us It Is Fragile
The selection of African American Sen. Hiram Revels in 1870 offered great hope — but it was soon dashed.
by
William Sturkey
via
Made By History
on
January 18, 2021
Exhibit
Election of 2020
A look back at what historians have had to say about this epic contest over the nation's future.
The Party of Lincoln Ignores His Warning Against Mobocracy
“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law,” declared the man who would be America’s sixteenth president.
by
Sarah Churchwell
via
New York Review of Books
on
January 15, 2021
The Capitol Riot Revealed the Darkest Nightmares of White Evangelical America
How 150 years of apocalyptic agitation culminated in an insurrection.
by
Matthew Avery Sutton
via
The New Republic
on
January 14, 2021
Why Trump Isn't a Fascist
The storming of the Capitol on 6 January was not a coup. But American democracy is still in danger.
by
Richard J. Evans
via
New Statesman
on
January 13, 2021
The Whole Story in a Single Photo
An image from the Capitol captures the distance between who we purport to be and who we have actually been.
by
Clint Smith
via
The Atlantic
on
January 8, 2021
The Capitol Riot Reveals the Dangers From the Enemy Within
But the belief that America previously had a well-functioning democracy is an illusion.
by
Eric Foner
via
The Nation
on
January 8, 2021
partner
Yes, Wednesday’s Attempted Insurrection Is Who We Are
While Wednesday's images shocked us, they fit into our history.
by
Gregory P. Downs
,
Kate Masur
via
Made By History
on
January 8, 2021
In Trump's Plot to Seize the White House, Who Will Be Our Smedley Butler?
In 1934, a fascist coup was planned to remove President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and stop the New Deal. Donald Trump has made it relevant again.
by
Jonathan M. Katz
via
The Long Version
on
January 5, 2021
partner
1846 — Not 1861 — Reminds Us Why Seceding Won’t Work For Disgruntled Trump Supporters
Trump fans are better off as Americans.
by
Thomas Richards Jr.
via
Made By History
on
January 4, 2021
Ebenezer Baptist: MLK’s Church Makes New History With Warnock Victory
Georgia Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock is pastor of the church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached.
by
DeNeen L. Brown
via
Retropolis
on
January 3, 2021
partner
When States Try to Bend Other States to Their Will, it Threatens the American Union
States have a legitimate way to influence national politics. Forcing their will on other states isn't it.
by
Grace Mallon
via
Made By History
on
December 14, 2020
partner
The Long History of Black Women Organizing in Georgia Might Decide Senate Control
Black women in Georgia have shaped local and state politics for more than a century.
by
Danielle Phillips-Cunningham
via
Made By History
on
December 10, 2020
The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party
Centrist Democrats who blamed the left for election losses would do well to remember the people who have fought for and shaped the party’s history.
by
Michael Brenes
,
Michael Koncewicz
via
The Nation
on
December 9, 2020
The End of the Businessman President
Donald Trump’s catastrophic tenure will be the nail in the coffin of the worst idea in politics: that the government can be run like a corporation.
by
Kyle Edward Williams
via
The New Republic
on
December 9, 2020
The Long Road to White Christians' Trumpism
Any effective soul-searching must take into account the history of white American Christian support for white supremacist power.
by
Elizabeth L. Jemison
via
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
on
December 8, 2020
McCarthyism Was Never Defeated. Trumpism Won’t Be Either.
Censure brought down a crusading anti-communist senator but fired up his followers.
by
Beverly Gage
via
Washington Post
on
December 4, 2020
“Almost the Complete Opposite of Fascism”
A conversation with Corey Robin on the surprisingly weak presidency of Donald Trump.
by
Corey Robin
,
David Klion
via
Jewish Currents
on
December 4, 2020
Minority Rule Cannot Last in America
It never has.
by
Kenneth Owen
via
The Atlantic
on
December 2, 2020
partner
Joe Biden's Harshest Critics Are Likely To Be Some of His Fellow Catholics
The fight between Biden and conservative Catholics will be about more than policy.
by
Theresa Keeley
via
Made By History
on
November 30, 2020
partner
Channeling Lincoln’s Ideological Balancing Act Will Lead Biden to Success
In his time, the 16th president drew comparisons to a famous tightrope walker.
by
David S. Reynolds
via
Made By History
on
November 20, 2020
partner
Republicans Won’t Speak Out Against Trump Because They’re Afraid Politically
And history says they have a reason to be.
by
Michael Koncewicz
via
Made By History
on
November 20, 2020
partner
The True Danger of Trump and His Media Allies Denying the Election Results
Misinformation and conspiracy theories can foment violence and thwart democracy.
by
William Horne
via
Made By History
on
November 19, 2020
Georgia On My Mind
The suburbs of Atlanta, where I grew up in an era still scarred by segregation, have transformed in ways that helped deliver Joe Biden the presidency.
by
Shirley W. Thompson
via
New York Review of Books
on
November 19, 2020
Our Interminable Election Eve
William Eggleston’s photographs of the South on the eve of the 1976 election captured an eerie quiet.
by
Jonah Goldman Kay
via
The Paris Review
on
November 5, 2020
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
Why Americans Will Never Turn Against Polling
Failures inspire distrust of pollsters and calls for more shoe-leather reporting. But by the next election, we always come running back.
by
Rebecca Onion
,
W. Joseph Campbell
via
Slate
on
November 5, 2020
partner
Good TV Demands Results on Election Night, but That’s Bad for Democracy
The history of tuning in to televised election returns.
by
Kathryn Cramer Brownell
via
Made By History
on
November 3, 2020
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