Donald Trump

Two new books reveal the shortcomings at the heart of the liberal critique of Trump voters.

In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. tried America First. This philosophy helped lead to World War II.

Anti-Trump Republicans revere Ronald Reagan as Trump’s opposite—yet in critical ways Reagan may have been his forerunner.

Dismantling it requires getting the story right.

A new California bill would commemorate 'a dark part of our American history' known as the Mexican 'repatriation' of the 1930s.

What the scholarship on biraciality tells us about politics now.

The Democratic Party, and the US political system as a whole, is a very strange beast.

Heather Cox Richardson argues that there are two Americas: one interested in equality, the other in hierarchy. But it's not that simple.

The former president is suggesting that Harris became Black only when it was obvious that being Black conferred social advantage.

He committed mass murder at My Lai. He was also its fall guy.

Far from a novel form of populism, J. D. Vance’s appeals are indistinguishable from the economic vision of the 1970s John Birch Society.

The Roberts Court has made the current crisis of American democracy perpetual.

Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results.

But they also find key differences.

Before last weekend’s attack on Donald Trump, would-be assassins targeted Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and seven other presidents or candidates.

The pulsating anger in San Francisco 60 years ago became the party's animating spirit.

Sean O’Brien’s speech at the RNC may represent a return to nonpartisan realpolitik for unions. But does that reflect labor's strength or its decline?

No, "history" does not tell us that the Democrats shouldn't change their nominee.

A new book explores the history of presidents who abused their constitutional power and the citizen movements that stopped them.

Fifty years after ruling against a corrupt president, the Court has now decided that presidents are above the law.