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Is History Being Too Kind to George H.W. Bush?

The 41st president put self-interest over principle time and time again.

by David Greenberg via Politico Magazine on December 1, 2018

A Love Letter to an Extinct Creature: The Liberal Republican

“The Improbable Wendell Willkie” offers a look at how American politics might have been.

by Benjamin C. Waterhouse via Washington Post on November 21, 2018

Midterms and Troops: The Bid to Save a Party that Led to the Wounded Knee Massacre

The political context for one of the worst atrocities ever to take place on U.S. soil.

by Heather Cox Richardson via We're History on November 13, 2018

This is What Democracy Looked Like

A brief history of the printed ballot.

by Alicia Cheng via The New Yorker on November 5, 2018

How Republicans Became Anti-Choice

The Republican Party used control of women’s bodies as political capital to shift the balance of power their way.

by Sue Halpern via New York Review of Books on October 31, 2018

The Man Who Broke Politics

Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in it.

by McKay Coppins via The Atlantic on October 15, 2018

America’s Missing Labor Party

The history of labor strikes shows that, in order to achieve lasting success, workers need to capture political power.

by David Sessions via The New Republic on October 2, 2018

Voters casting ballots in 2008.

Why the Right to Vote is Not Enshrined in the Constitution

How voter suppression became a political weapon in American politics.

by Sean Illing, Allan J. Lichtman via Vox on September 17, 2018

Here's Why Republicans' Disturbing Romance With the Racist Confederacy Is so Troubling

The road to the violence around statues is paved with hate, lies, and political gamesmanship.

by W. Fitzhugh Brundage via AlterNet on August 17, 2018

Democrats Would Be Better Off Today If Bill Clinton Had Never Been President

A look at the Clinton blunders that continue to damage his party today.

by Neil Swidey via Boston Globe on July 10, 2018

How Conservatives Won the Battle Over the Courts

The right has demonstrated that winning this kind of institutional fight takes years and requires a ruthless disposition.

by Julian E. Zelizer via The Atlantic on July 7, 2018

The President Without a Party

The trials of Jimmy Carter.

by Michael Kazin via The Nation on July 5, 2018

Court-Packing is the Democrats’ Nuclear Option for the Supreme Court

Why an FDR plan from the 1930s is suddenly popular again.

by Dylan Matthews via Vox on July 2, 2018

Kevin Kruse vs. Dinesh D'Souza: Dixiecrat Edition

A conservative pundit questioned the prevalence of Dixiecrats switching to the GOP. Historian Kevin Kruse accepted the challenge.

by Kevin M. Kruse via Twitter on July 2, 2018

Teacher Strikes Might Hurt Republicans This Time

Labor unrest harmed Democrats in the 1960s and 1970s. This time the GOP might be the loser.

by Stephen Mihm via Bloomberg on April 27, 2018

The Hardest Job in the World

What if the problem isn’t the president—it’s the presidency?

by John Dickerson via The Atlantic on April 17, 2018

Identity Politics Can Make or Break the Democratic Party

Racial justice energized the party in the past. It can today too.

by Eric Schickler via Vox on April 16, 2018

The Party of Hubert Humphrey

The Democratic leader believed that the ordinary American was open to a message of collective responsibility and common purpose.

by James Traub via The Atlantic on April 7, 2018

The GOP's Evolution On Immigration

Republicans used to take a softer line on immigration. What happened?

by Don Gonyea via NPR on January 25, 2018

Donald Trump in the Oval Office, with a portrait of Andrew Jackson in the background.

The Man Who Put Andrew Jackson in Trump’s Oval Office

Historian Walter Russell Mead has become the favorite Trump whisperer for everyone from Steve Bannon to Tom Cotton.

by Susan B. Glasser via Politico Magazine on January 22, 2018

Political cartoon of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis pulling apart a US map while McClellan tries to hold them together.

Politics Is More Partisan Now, But It’s Not More Divisive

And anyway, agreement between the two parties has often masked serious problems.

by Julia Azari via FiveThirtyEight on January 19, 2018

Lessons from the Election of 1968

Protests, populism, and progressivism all clashed in a battle royal. But what really drives election results?

by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on January 8, 2018

The Forgotten Origins of Politics in Sports

Black athletes didn’t “politicize” American sports. They’ve been a battleground from the very beginning.

by Kenneth Cohen via Slate on January 2, 2018

Mapping the First Decade of Congressional Elections

Using maps to visualize the first five U.S. Congressional elections.

by Sheila Brennan via Mapping Early American Elections on December 13, 2017

The Ballot and the Break

Minnesota’s Farmer-Labor Party, the most successful labor party in US history, is rich in lessons for challenging the two-party system.

by Eric Blanc via Jacobin on December 4, 2017

Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser

He fought to remake the center—not yield to it.

by Matthew Karp via The Nation on October 25, 2017

History Frowns on Partisan Gerrymandering

On the eve of a major redistricting case at the Supreme Court, a look back at what the nation's founders would have thought.

by Michael Waldman, Cliff Sloan via Washington Post on October 1, 2017

When a New York Baron Became President

In the case of Chester Arthur, the story is one of surprising redemption.

by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker on September 11, 2017

Where Did the Term 'Gerrymander' Come From?

Elbridge Gerry was a powerful voice in the founding of the nation, but today he's best known for the political practice with an amphibious origin.

by Erick Trickey via Smithsonian on July 20, 2017

Mitch McConnell

Partisanship is an American Tradition — And Good for Democracy

Bipartisanship is the exception, not the rule.

by Aaron Astor via Made By History on July 12, 2017

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