Dragging America Out of Its Second Gilded Age
Scholar is optimistic that the nation can change its self-centered "I come first" posture and return to the "we" society of the Progressive Era
Northern New Englanders’ Maine Chance to Break Away From Massachusetts
After 35-year fight, Maine's abolitionist leadership accepted statehood with a condition—the proslavery Missouri Compromise
Top Five Vietnam Books to Read this Winter
With the holidays approaching, we've pulled together 5 of our favorite books from fall and winter 2020 about the Vietnam War and those who served.
Frederick Schomberg: ‘Ablest Soldier of his Age’
A German mercenary fought staunch enemies and former allies alike during his six-decade European military career
Mississippi Residents Vote to Remove Confederate Symbol From State Flag
Until this year, Mississippi remained the last in the nation to include such an emblem
Roosevelt’s Drive to Break Up Utilities Brought Power to the People
In his first duel with Wendell Willkie, FDR campaigned against giant holding companies that soaked small electricity customers
Collegiate Conundrum
For its faults, the Electoral College has endured because it has fulfilled its main purpose—preventing stolen elections
American History Review: The Long and Loathsome Story of the Case that Codified Jim Crow
Author explores the personalities of the men who argued Plessy v. Ferguson, one of the Supreme Court's worst decisions
The Unexploded 1968 Election-Eve Bombshell
Did Richard Nixon secretly try to scuttle President Johnson’s peace-talk plan days before the 1968 presidential election? Recent evidence supports an unpublished story that he did
The Electoral College: The Least Worst Way to Select a President
After 750 attempts to reform or eradicate it, the system remains in place
Famed doctor Tom Dooley secretly helped CIA
Celebrity doctor and humanitarian was secretly involved in CIA’s anti-communist ‘disinformation’ campaign
James Garfield’s Greatest Fear: Being Stained by the Credit Mobilier Corruption Scandal
The ambitious Ohio Republican dreaded being caught up with congressmen in complicated railroad scheme
1800: America’s First Explosive Election
Polarized partisanship, deep animosity among candidates, worry about the peaceful transfer of power—sound familiar?
American History Review: How Hostility Toward Elitism Created Political Paranoia
A new edition introduces historian Richard Hofstadter to the conspiracy theory generation
Bolivar’s Boy General: Marshal Sucre
Antonio José de Sucre was just 15 when he joined ‘El Libertador’ in the Spanish American wars of independence
American History Review: How the Victors Divvied the Spoils at Yalta
Historian Preston argues that Stalin did not actually make patsies of Roosevelt and Churchill
