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We Have Always Loved Ranking Things, Particularly American Presidents

Douglas Brinkley offers a brief history of political listicles.

by Douglas Brinkley via Literary Hub on May 8, 2019

Why Has It Taken Us So Long to See Trump’s Weakness?

There’s a bad synergy at work between the short-termism of the news cycle and the longue durée-ism of the academy.

by Corey Robin via Intelligencer on February 20, 2019

Model Metropolis

Behind one of the most iconic computer games of all time is a theory of how cities die—one that has proven dangerously influential.

by Kevin Baker via Logic on January 30, 2019

Trump and his cabinet sitting around a conference table.

Why the Power Elite Continues to Dominate American Politics

Presidents of both parties stock their Cabinets with corporate leaders.

by Timothy M. Gill via Made By History on December 24, 2018

Demonstrators hold a painting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump outside a Trump rally in Phoenix, Arizona, August 22, 2017.

American Democracy Has Faced Worse Threats Than Donald Trump

The golden age of American politics was illiberal, undemocratic, and bloody.

by Ezra Klein via Vox on May 10, 2018

A Vacuum at the Center

How a demagogue resembles a typhoon, and why it matters to the future of the republic.

by W. Robert Connor via The American Scholar on March 5, 2018

Bank in Revere, Massachusetts.

Partisan Banking and the Emergence of Free Banking in Early 19th-Century Massachusetts

The critical role that banking played in the political struggles of early American history.

by Nicholas Curott via Dissertation Reviews on April 21, 2016

Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy

The 42 minute recording, acquired by James Carter IV, confirms Atwater’s incendiary remarks and places them in context.

by Rick Perlstein via The Nation on November 13, 2012

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