Lyndon Baines Johnson

Is it time for an end to American imperialism? Two authors re-examine American intervention overseas.

An analysis of 12 decades of New York Times headlines.

How did it come to pass that a weapon banned for military use was deployed against asylum-seekers on the U.S. border?

For the first time, we are living in a truly post-cold-war political environment in the United States.

Our understanding of Malcolm X is inextricably linked to his autobiography, but newly discovered materials force us to reexamine his legacy.

The sick history of the U.S. campaign song.

Georgia GOP candidate Brian Kemp is using a tried-and-tested formula designed to erode and corrode American democracy.

50 years after King's death, his image has been transformed and stripped of its radicalism.

Most of President Donald Trump's 20th-century predecessors expressed profound admiration for Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

MacArthur leaned on JFK to stay out of Vietnam. Had Kennedy survived, might history have been different?

Instead of trying to eliminate hunger, we continue to talk about personal responsibility.

The history of the fight for single-payer health care for the elderly and poor should inform today's movement to win for Medicare for All.

In the five years since the landmark decision, the Supreme Court has set the stage for a new era of white hegemony.

It used to be that nobody would admit to opposing a nominee for ideological reasons. Should we be happy that illusion is over?

A trio of books depict the true narrative of the massacres within Indonesia in 1965.

It’s not the 1990s anymore. People want the government to help solve big problems. Here’s how the Democrats must respond.

For many American liberals, RFK became a symbol of not just a better past, but also a better future that might have been.

The development, use, and marketing of medications for children in the 20th century.

The world that 1968 ushered in is a far cry from the one activists imagined.

And why would President Trump bother to change the name?