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A shot from behind of Rush Limbaugh giving a speech at a Make America Great Again rally.

The Right’s Reign on the Air Waves

How talk radio established the power of the modern Republican Party.

by Jake Bittle via The New Republic on June 1, 2020

The Making of the Radical Republicans

How did the struggle for emancipation become a mass politics?

by Eric Foner via The Nation on May 5, 2020

How the Republican Party Took Over the Supreme Court

The 50-year effort to advance a conservative legal agenda.

by John Fabian Witt via The New Republic on April 7, 2020

John Sherman’s Struggle to Preserve Democracy

This is not the first time that democratic governance appeared to be under assault.

by Daniel W. Crofts via Muster on March 17, 2020

The Loser King

Failing upward with Oliver North.

by Matt Hanson via The Baffler on March 10, 2020

4 Contested Conventions in Presidential Election History

Having a single candidate by the time of the convention has been a key stepping stone for a party’s victory. But it hasn't always worked out that way.

by Lesley Kennedy via HISTORY on March 4, 2020

How Biden vs. Sanders Echoes a 1964 Republican Party Split

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are the icons of an ideological split among today’s Democrats, echoing a similar split in the Republican party of 1964.

by Matt Spolar, Sianne Garlick, Karen M. Sughrue via Retro Report on March 4, 2020

Slavery Was Defeated Through Mass Politics

The overthrow of slavery in the US was a battle waged and won in the field of democratic mass politics; a battle that holds enormous lessons for radicals today.

by Matthew Karp via Jacobin on February 24, 2020

Watercolor of Abraham Lincoln with soldiers in swirls of red across his face.

Abraham Lincoln’s Radical Moderation

What the president understood that the zealous Republican reformers in Congress didn’t.

by Andrew Ferguson via The Atlantic on February 15, 2020

How Nativism Went Mainstream

Three decades ago, California was the launchpad for a virulent strain of anti-immigrant politics that soon spread nationwide.

by Daniel Denvir via Jacobin on February 1, 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

Republicans Defending Trump on Impeachment Should Fear the Judgment of History

For Nixon stalwarts on the House Judiciary Committee, defending the President became an inalterable epitaph.

by Michael Luo via The New Yorker on December 2, 2019

Trump displaying a table of reciprocal tariffs.

The Dangers of President Trump’s Favorite Word — Reciprocity

The Gilded Age roots of Trump's trade philosophy.

by Marc-William Palen via Made By History on November 5, 2019

The Difference Between Nixon and Trump is Fox News

Fox News shields President Trump, but his love for their conspiracies might bring him down.

by Nicole Hemmer via Vox on October 7, 2019

When Conservatives Tried to Throw Out Richard Nixon

Well before Watergate broke, John Ashbrook waged a primary campaign that the Right took very seriously.

by Daniel Bring via The American Conservative on September 27, 2019

'Evangelical' Has Lost Its Meaning

A term that once described a vital tradition within the Christian faith now means something else entirely.

by Alan Jacobs via The Atlantic on September 22, 2019

Samuel Francis

The Outsider

Who was behind the "Trumpist manifesto" released twenty years before Trump became president?

by Matthew Rose via First Things on September 16, 2019

Rethinking the Construction of Ronald Reagan's Legacy

Conservatives created a rosy image of Reagan to further their political project.

by Sarah Thomson via Made By History on August 12, 2019

Mugshot of Bernard L. Barker.

Want to Know Why Some Hispanics Support Donald Trump? Ask Richard Nixon.

Nixon created the blend of Republicanism that remains attractive to a segment of Hispanic voters.

by Geraldo Cadava via Made By History on August 9, 2019

What We Get Wrong About the Southern Strategy

It took much longer — and went much further — than we think.

by Angie Maxwell via Made By History on July 26, 2019

The Class Politics of the Civil War

By naming a common enemy the Union Army was able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic destruction of slavery.

by James Oakes via The Nation on July 15, 2019

Antislavery Wasn’t Mainstream, Until It Was

After Republicans lost their first election in 1856, Democrats declared slavery opposition radical and fringe. Then came 1860.

by Matthew Karp via Jacobin on May 11, 2019

The Forgotten History of How Abraham Lincoln Helped Rig the Senate for Republicans

The Great Emancipator has a lesson for today's Democrats about how to play constitutional hardball.

by Ian Millhiser via Think Progress on May 5, 2019

Donald Trump, holding microphones, surrounded by shock jocks

The Trigger Presidency

How shock jock comedy gave way to Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

by Ben Schwartz via The New Republic on April 24, 2019

Is This the End of the American Century?

Has Trump permanently damaged the credibility of the presidential office?

by Adam Tooze via London Review of Books on April 4, 2019

Anthony Scaramucci

The Revolving Door Between Reality TV and the Trump Administration

Why Anthony Scaramucci’s turn on “Celebrity Big Brother” shouldn’t come as a surprise.

by Kathryn Cramer Brownell via Made By History on January 15, 2019

The New Congress and the History of Governing by a House Divided

What do the results of the 2018 midterms portend for the next two years?

by Brooks Simpson via The Conversation on January 2, 2019

How the IRS Was Gutted

An eight-year campaign to slash the agency’s budget has left it understaffed and hamstrung. That's good news for corporations and the wealthy.

by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger via ProPublica on December 11, 2018

George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush in church.

How George H.W. Bush Enabled the Rise of the Religious Right

Religious conservatives used the Bush presidency to launch their takeover of the GOP.

by Neil J. Young via Made By History on December 5, 2018

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

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