Joanne Freeman

Joanne Freeman is a professor of history and American studies at Yale University, co-host of the podcast BackStory, and author of The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War.

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America Descends Into the Politics of Rage

Trump and other practitioners may reap short-term gains, but history suggests they will provoke a fearsome backlash.
- Joanne Freeman
- October 22, 2018
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The Bloody History of the U.S. House of Representatives

Recent conflict over gun-control legislation recalls antebellum-era congressional melees.
- Joanne Freeman
- June 27, 2016

Joanne Freeman

America Descends Into the Politics of Rage

The Bloody History of the U.S. House of Representatives