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Ronald Reagan taking the presidential oath.

The GOP's Lurch to the Right

Past conservative figures seem moderate by today's standards.

by Brian Rosenwald via Smerconish on February 27, 2024

Map of New York state from 1813

Suppressing the Black Vote in 1811

As more Black men gained the right to vote in New York, the state began to change its laws to reduce their power or disenfranchise them completely.

by Livia Gershon, Sarah L. H. Gronningsater via JSTOR Daily on February 23, 2024

President Bill Clinton signing NAFTA

The Long Shadow of NAFTA

Neither side of the border has seen the benefits it was promised.

by Helen Andrews via The American Conservative on February 12, 2024

Painting of the Mexican railway

On the Shared Histories of Reconstruction in the Americas

In the 19th century, civil wars tore apart the US, Mexico and Argentina. Then came democracy’s fight against reaction.

by Evan C. Rothera via Aeon on January 16, 2024

Members of the National Woman's Party prepare to lobby their senators and congressmen to vote for the Equal Rights Amendment, ca. 1923.

Equal Rights Amendment Was Introduced 100 Years Ago — and Still Waits

America’s feminists felt confident when the Equal Rights Amendment was put before Congress 100 years ago this week. For a century, it’s failed to be enacted.

by Frederic J. Frommer via Retropolis on December 12, 2023

Antisemitism Is a Threat to Us All — And to Democracy

Antisemitism Is a Threat to Us All — And to Democracy

How fascists and authoritarians have used antisemitic conspiracy theories to harm Jewish communities and undermine democracy.

by William Horne via Bucks County Beacon on November 28, 2023

A portrait of Andrew Jackson.

Whiggism Is Still Wrong

Vivek Ramaswamy says he wants to "make hard work cool again." He isn’t the first.

by Sohrab Ahmari via The American Conservative on November 21, 2023

Gen. James Longstreet.

The Conquered General

The back-and-forth life of Confederate James Longstreet.

by Richard Kreitner via Slate on November 20, 2023

Political cartoon depicting busts of Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman, and Alan Greenspan on a mantle with spider webs.

The End of Milton Friedman’s Reign

The Chicago school ruled supreme over economics—until recently.

by Patrick Iber via The New Republic on November 13, 2023

Ohio abortion rights activists.

The Problem With the Abortion-Rights Move That Worked in Ohio

History shows that activists can win statewide fights—but that the strategy might be unsustainable long-term.

by Felicia Kornbluh via Made By History on November 8, 2023

Spiro T. Agnew button.

The Wildest Month of the US Presidency, Part I

The Spiro Agnew Edition.

by Garrett M. Graff via Doomsday Scenario on October 10, 2023

Tweet by Josh Hawley of a quotation he falsely attributes to Patrick Henry.

Senator Josh Hawley Tweeted a Christian Nationalist Quote Falsely Attributed to Patrick Henry

It was actually from a 1950s antisemitic and white supremacist magazine. Who cares?

by Seth Cotlar via Rightlandia on July 6, 2023

Ronald Reagan with James Watt

Good Riddance to the Architect of the GOP’s Environmental Culture Wars

James Watt was a fiery evangelical, a cultural laughingstock—and instrumental in shaping modern GOP rhetoric on the environment.

by Liza Featherstone via The New Republic on June 16, 2023

Crowd of Black and White workers walking.

Affirmative Action Never Had a Chance

The conservative backlash to the civil-rights era began immediately — and now it’s nearly complete.

by Zak Cheney-Rice via Intelligencer on June 12, 2023

John Birch Society banner over table with books

How the John Birch Society Won the Long Game

The American right doesn’t need the John Birch Society these days, but that is because it’s adopted the Birchers’ extremism wholesale.

by Nathan J. Robinson via The Nation on June 8, 2023

Scale, with pile of U.S. states weighing down one end, and the U.S. on the other.

How a Fringe Legal Theory Became a Threat to Democracy

Lawyers tried to use the independent-state-legislature theory to sway the outcomes of the 2000 and 2020 elections. What if it were to become the law of the land?

by Andrew Marantz via The New Yorker on June 5, 2023

Shredded "Don't Tread On Me" flag.

The Long Afterlife of Libertarianism

As a movement, it has imploded. As a credo, it’s here to stay.

by Benjamin Wallace-Wells via The New Yorker on May 29, 2023

Illustration of a soldier in a tank battering through a fiery wooden structure.

A Fire Started in Waco. Thirty Years Later, It’s Still Burning.

Behind the Oklahoma City bombing and even the January 6th attack was a military-style assault in Texas that galvanized the far right.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The New Yorker on May 1, 2023

A demonstrator holds a progress pride flag during the Drag March LA protest in West Hollywood, California.

The Shameful History of the Lavender Scare Echoes Today

Seventy years after a disgraceful episode of anti-LGTBQ history, we are facing a new wave of McCarthyist fearmongering.

by David K. Johnson via Made By History on April 27, 2023

Jimmy Carter at a podium against the backdrop of an American flag.

Is Jimmy Carter Where Environmentalism Went Wrong?

Carter’s austerity was part of a bigger project. It didn’t really have much to do with environmentalism.

by Kate Aronoff via The New Republic on April 18, 2023

Ronald Reagan and Bob Hope at a USO appearance at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina.

How Woke Bob Hope Got Canceled by the Right

The conservative comedian spoke out for gay rights and gun control, and got boycotted and ostracized by friends on the right, including Ronald Reagan.

by Ben Schwartz via The Nation on April 14, 2023

Demonstrators with signs supporting the legalization of abortion.

What Are the Lessons of “Roe”?

A new book chronicles the decades-long fight to legalize abortion in the United States.

by Moira Donegan via The Nation on April 4, 2023

Staten Island Ferry Terminal.

Staten Island, Forgotten Borough

Staten Island gets a lot of disrespect from other New Yorkers, some of it fair. But it has its own fascinating people’s history.

by James Bosco via Current Affairs on April 3, 2023

Campaign banner ad from former Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters, stating that he "won't ask for your pronouns in the U.S. Senate."

The Modern Electoral History of Transphobia

How transphobia has been a consistent liability for Republicans, and why the right refuses to give it up.

by Ettingermentum via Ettingermentum Newsletter on March 18, 2023

Illustration of Abraham Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation.

Abraham Lincoln Is a Hero of the Left

Leftists have regarded Lincoln as a pro-labor hero who helped vanquish chattel slavery. We should celebrate him today within the radical democratic tradition.

by Matthew E. Stanley via Jacobin on February 20, 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

Graph of tax rates on top marginal earned income vs. long term capital gains, 1918-2020.

Why Is Wealth White?

In the 20th century, a moral economy of “whites-only” wealth animated federal policies and programs that created the propertied white middle class.

by Julia Ott via Southern Cultures on January 30, 2023

Man in suit with tape over his mouth.

In Florida, Teaching African American History Is Against the Law

The latest battlefield in the GOP’s “anti-woke” crusade.

by John Fea via Current (religion and democracy) on January 20, 2023

Beatrice Cogan, center, representing a criminal defendant in court.

The Grassroots of 'Roe'

My mother’s part in the 1970 repeal of New York’s abortion law is a lesson for today’s activists: all politics is local.

by Felicia Kornbluh via New York Review of Books on January 16, 2023

Image of the conservative's idelic white nuclear family, wearing red baseball caps.

Why Conservatism Can Never Be “Populist”

Conservative “populism” has never been about egalitarianism, but about mobilizing support for traditional hierarchies.

by Matt McManus via Current Affairs on January 11, 2023

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