Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

A new history charts the forgotten ways the social politics of the Roosevelt years transformed the United States.

Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford on the making of a misrepresented narrative.

People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?

The New York-to-Washington train had 21 cars, 700 passengers—and millions of trackside mourners.

Joe Biden has met with scholars to discuss his presidency and likely legacy—but what are we to make of his special relationship with historian Jon Meacham?

The cultural contradictions of Call of Duty.

The answer can change over time.

Historians' prohibition on 'presentism' crumbles under the weight of events.

An interview with Sean Wilentz on Library of America's new collection of Richard Hofstadter's works.

The late historian and author of “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” misdiagnosed the fate of modern conservatism.

Reflections on the problems with progressives’ central principle that activist government is the only mechanism able to solve a modern society’s problems.

Why we still read Orwell’s book of prophecy.

Is Trump's power as president becoming just what the Founders feared?

President Trump’s skirting around Congress to sell arms to Saudi Arabia is only the latest example of presidential overreach.

Trump is just the latest in a long line of executives to stiff-arm the Constitution and ignore congressional powers.

The trials of Jimmy Carter.

What if the problem isn’t the president—it’s the presidency?

How the contest between capitalism and communism shaped world politics—and defines today’s inequalities.

Nixon? Reagan? Jackson? Historical analogies are simplistic, misleading—and absolutely essential.