Think polarization is new to American politics? Harvard research reveals counties with the highest slave populations in 1860 still predict conservative voting patterns today—and that’s just one of ...

As the only president elected to four terms and who saw the country through two of its greatest cataclysms — the Great ...

Russell Blackford does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Hamilton carried the day with his “strong, energetic presidency.” But he and all the other principal Founders agreed that the ...

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive. By Dana Goldstein In ...

Fox News anchor Bret Baier hailed Donald Trump as “the biggest political phoenix from the ashes” in the history of US politics, after the former president appeared to take a strong early lead on ...

American political polarization follows predictable historical cycles, with today’s divisions resembling the Civil War era more than the post-WWII bipartisan period. Historical knowledge gaps in ...