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Bria Webb / Reuters Is Free Speech Really Challenged on Campus?
Two historians debate the role of universities in fostering a commitment to the open exchange of ideas.
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Andrew Harnik / AP What Would It Take for Democrats and Republicans to Work Together?
Bipartisanship most often occurs in moments when one party has deep internal divisions, or when there are strong political incentives to cooperate.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters How Do Political Parties Oppose Their Own Presidents?
Two historians look for precedents for Republican opposition to Trump.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Return of the One-Term Presidency?
Extended runs in office are uncommon in the United States—no matter the individual.
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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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Carlo Allegri/Reuters Rubio's Time?
As the Florida senator launches his White House bid, he seeks to rekindle the enthusiasm that greeted his early career.
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Thomas Nast and the First Reconstruction
The political cartoonist who drew the elephant and donkey as symbols of the two political parties, Thomas Nast chronicled the hopes and later the disillusions of the mid-nineteenth-century’s civil rights leaders. Morton Keller, professor of history at Brandeis University and an authority on the post-Civil War era, restores to the public light this timeless and timely cartoonist in the following article adapted from his book THE ART AND POLITICS OF THOMAS NAST,to be published this month by Oxford University Press.
