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'Evangelical' Has Lost Its Meaning

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

The Outsider

Who was behind the "Trumpist manifesto" released twenty years before Trump became president?
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Rethinking the Construction of Ronald Reagan's Legacy

Conservatives created a rosy image of Reagan to further their political project.
Mugshot of Bernard L. Barker.
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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.
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What We Get Wrong About the Southern Strategy

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

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.

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.

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.
Donald Trump, holding microphones, surrounded by shock jocks

The Trigger Presidency

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

Is This the End of the American Century?

Has Trump permanently damaged the credibility of the presidential office?
Anthony Scaramucci
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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.

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?

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

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

The 41st president put self-interest over principle time and time again.
Trump among a group of people with heads bowed in prayer.

Evangelicalism and Politics

Four historians weigh in on evangelicals' affinity for Trump – and their commitment to the conservative movement more broadly.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall; painting by Henry Inman, 1832.

Hail to the Chief

“John Marshall...exhibited a subservience to the executive branch that continues to haunt us.”

A Love Letter to an Extinct Creature: The Liberal Republican

“The Improbable Wendell Willkie” offers a look at how American politics might have been.
Charles Lindbergh addresses the America First Committee in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1941.

Loaded Phrases

The long, entwined history of America First and the American dream.

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.

An Obituary for Old Orange County, Dead at Age 129

Once reliably red, the official cause of O.C.’s passing is a case of the blue flu.
Pat Buchanan surrounded by balloons at a campaign rally.

The Year the Clock Broke

How the world we live in already happened in 1992.
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The Roots of Evangelicals’ Political Fervor

White evangelical Christians are among President Trump’s most important supporters. But more than 40 years ago, they were on the margins of American politics.

Fighting to Vote

Voting rights are often associated with the Civil Rights Movement, but this fight extends throughout American history.

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.

The Supreme Court Is Headed Back to the 19th Century

The justices again appear poised to pursue a purely theoretical liberty at the expense of the lives of people of color.
President Richard Nixon prepares to go on television May 23, 1970 in the Oval Office.

Trump is Not the First GOP President to Try to Make the Media ‘Fair’

Conservatives love rules about political balance — when they’re in charge.
Protesters with KKK hoods and Goldwater signs.
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How the Right Became Addicted to Conspiracies

The conservative conspiracy lit that paved the way for Donald Trump.

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.

Donald Trump, The Resistance, and the Limits of Normcore Politics

There’s no returning to a golden age of American democracy that never existed.

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