Barry Goldwater

Rick Perlstein's "Reaganland" charts the conservative counter-revolution that moved the US to the right.

Why did the historian come to fear the very movements he once would have celebrated?

A new book charts the long contest between elites and the forces of democracy seeking to dismantle their power.

There has been some famous presidential campaign moments in the past 50 years. However, not everyone knows or remembers these moments.

His conception of what appeals to suburban voters is frozen in the past.

Republicans are replacing the public good with a far narrower definition of it.

Rick Perlstein’s epic series shows political history and cultural history cannot be disentangled.

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

Two new books look at the history of Latinx Democrats and Republicans and the role each will play in the future.

How a party spent decades making itself white.

A review of "How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America."

Americans of the interwar period were perfectly clear about one fact we have lost sight of today: all fascism is indigenous, by definition.

The first in a series of posts to offer evidence casting doubt on the view that New Deal programs ended the Great Depression.

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

When we mythologize the ’60s, we lose sight of what’s truly ahead of us.

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.

Samuel Freedman rereads 1975's "Blue-Collar Aristocrats."

The ‘reasonable’ right’s persecution rhetoric echoes the Confederacy’s defense of slavery.

President Trump is building on a tactic pioneered by segregationists.

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