Lyndon Baines Johnson

How Consoler-in-Chiefs respond to senseless gun violence.

This weekend is the anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s fateful decision to enter the 1968 presidential race. What if he hadn’t?

How a landmark report on the 1960s race riots fell short on police reform.

If the U.S. government is going to wage unending war, it should at least get the public on its side.

King was roundly denounced for his stances against the Vietnam War and injustices north of the Mason-Dixon line.

Fifty years ago, the January 1968 battle laid bare the way U.S. leaders had misled the public about the war in Vietnam.

Leslie Gelb supervised the team that compiled the Pentagon Papers. He explains what Steven Spielberg's new film gets wrong.

Protests, populism, and progressivism all clashed in a battle royal. But what really drives election results?

Lyndon Johnson wanted sweeping new gun control laws. Instead he got crumbs.

Other presidents used their anger for a purpose — Trump just rages blindly.

How the scholarship has changed.

The war opened the credibility gap. What we’ve learned since has only widened it.

Democrats like Lyndon Johnson staunchly supported Israel. Now the party is leaving that legacy behind.

After the urban unrest of the Long Hot Summer, a commission was formed.

Politicians from both sides of the aisle have tried to stake a claim to the power of the Kennedy legend. What is it about Camelot?

Fast food did not just find its way to low-income neighborhoods. It was brought there by the federal government.

The bill unleashed a poisonous idea: that America had defeated racism.

In dismantling Obamacare and slashing Medicaid, Republicans would strike a blow against signature victories for racial equality in America.

States with homogenous populations spend more on the safety net than those with higher shares of minorities.

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