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Carlos Barria / Reuters End Times for the American Republic?
Two historians discuss today’s political climate and whether it has parallels with other periods.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Why (Some) Historians Should Be Pundits
The question isn’t whether they have anything of value to offer. It’s whether they can avoid partisan vituperation along the way.
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Evan Vucci / AP Is It Time for the U.S. to Rein in the Presidency?
Two historians consider whether it’s time to raise the possibility of decentralization amid frustrations with the federal government.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Is the Watergate-Comey Comparison Simply a Way to Score Partisan Points?
Two historians debate the FBI director’s dismissal and whether it’s reminiscent of the Nixon era—or if it’s just politics.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters How Novel Are America's Challenges?
Two historians debate whether recent shifts are different in kind or merely in magnitude.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Don't Grade a President on His First 100 Days
Good legislation often begins with a string of failures—and it’s hard to evaluate success after just three months.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters How Much Space Does Trump Have for Bipartisanship?
Two historians debate whether the president has an opportunity to pivot to the center, or whether Washington’s polarization precludes that.
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Alex Brandon / AP How Significant Are Trump's Attacks on Obama?
In the latest entry in their ongoing conversation, two historians debate the significance of the president’s wiretapping claims.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters 'What We Are Seeing With Trump Is Fundamentally Different'
Two historians weigh in on how to understand the new administration, press relations, and this moment in political time.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters How Much Jewish Support Will Trump Cost the Republican Party?
The presidential nominee’s campaign has brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream in ways not recently seen—and his party may pay the price for years to come.
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Associated Press Is America Repeating the Mistakes of 1968?
The Kerner Report confronted a tense nation with data about structural racism throughout the country and made recommendations to solve the problem. But America looked away.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Don’t Blame TV for Trump
Critics claim the ratings-hungry media is responsible for the rise of his brash, telegenic campaign. History suggests that’s not true.
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Reuters A Field Guide to the Delegate-Hunting Season
If the GOP ends up in a brokered convention, the party might want to brush up on its 1976 contest—and the fine arts of groveling and goading.
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Associated Press The Convention the GOP Doesn't Want
Nominating Trump is better than a brokered convention. The fighting so far is nothing compared with tempers unleashed on a convention floor.
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Rusty Kennedy / AP This Is Reagan's Party
The rise of conservative outsiders like Ted Cruz and Donald Trump is not unprecedented. Ronald Reagan did it first in 1976—when he challenged a sitting president.
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BJ / AP How Jimmy Carter Revolutionized the Iowa Caucuses
In 1976, he took on the Hawkeye State like no one had before, setting the precedent for hopefuls running in the race today.
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Harvey Georges/AP/The Atlantic How Education Policy Went Astray
Half a century ago, President Johnson signed a law—now known as No Child Left Behind—that he believed would solve inequality. But achievement gaps have only grown.
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Wikipedia LBJ and the Speech That Changed America
It's the 50th anniversary of the landmark address, when a sitting president embraced the demands of grassroots activists and made them his own.
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AP 50 Years Ago, Americans Fired Their Dysfunctional Congress
Like Obama, JFK and LBJ found their agendas stymied by a hostile Congress, until American voters stepped in to demand change.
