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One Parallel for the Coronavirus Crisis? The Great Depression

“The idea that the federal government would be providing emergency relief and emergency work was extraordinary,” one sociologist said. “And people liked it.”

by Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on May 20, 2020

William F. Buckley, Jr. being interviewed on What’s Happening Mr. Silver.

On the Right: NET and Modern Conservatism

In the 1960s, the precursor to PBS explored the burgeoning conservative movement, providing a remarkable window into the history of conservatism.

by Allison Perlman via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on January 22, 2020

America Is Now the Divided Republic the Framers Feared

John Adams worried that “a division of the republic into two great parties … is to be dreaded as the great political evil.”

by Lee Drutman via The Atlantic on January 2, 2020

Haunted by the Reagan Era

Past defeats still scare older Democratic leaders — but not the younger generation.

by Ryan Grim via Washington Post on July 5, 2019

Democracy Is Norm Erosion

Sometimes you have to break the rules to create a more democratic system.

by Corey Robin via Jacobin on January 29, 2018

Obama and Trump in the Oval Office.

Two Cheers for Polarization

We may not like it, but when it comes to U.S. politics, polarization may very well be part of the solution.

by Sam Rosenfeld via Boston Review on October 25, 2017

How Women Changed American Politics

How feminism and antifeminism created Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on June 27, 2016

Trucks and cars moving on the highway

Keep on Truckin’

The road to right-wing deregulation began on our nation's highways.

by Matthew D. Lassiter via Democracy Journal on December 10, 2008

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