Donald Trump

Wild accusations, alternative facts, special prosecutors—the Salem witch trials of 1692 had it all.

Some call it "Russiagate," others "Comeygate." What are we really saying when we apply the Nixonian suffix?

Donald Trump is not the first person to gain power by questioning, undermining, and delegitimizing once-trusted institutions.

It’s treated as an all-purpose symbol of evil, not a series of historical events to be reckoned with.

What historian William Appleman Williams taught us about foreign policy and the good society.

Some issues aren’t amenable to deal making; some principles don’t lend themselves to compromise.

A historian collecting runaway slave ads describes them as “the tweets of the master class.”

Retro Report explores decades of conspiracy theories -- from the John F. Kennedy assassination to Pizzagate -- and what they can tell us about the world today.

Dwight Eisenhower did more in his first hundred days than change laws—he changed a culture.

The government's suppression of press freedom was a major component of its attempts to build support for the war effort

The Trump Administration can - and should - learn from that moment.

In 1983, the U.S. simulated a nuclear war with Russia—and narrowly avoided starting a real one. We might not be so lucky next time.

We need a radical solution to avert the disintegration of our political system.

Until the 1940s, Jews in America were considered a separate race. Their journey to whiteness has important lessons.

A review of Michael Kazin's "War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918."

The new administration plans to bring back a committee that has tried over the years to guide policy—with mixed results.

Anne Gorsuch Burford — the mother of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch — cut its budget by a quarter and its workforce by 20 percent.

Despite common belief, Washington, D.C. was not built on a swamp.

What does Black History Month leave out?

Could President Trump actually win over the leaders of historically black colleges and universities?