History of Now
When the GOP Picked a Nominee for Vice President, Only to Be Rejected
Their unrequited choice seemed utterly uninterested in the role
Women Ruled the Floor When the GOP First Came to Cleveland
The 1924 Convention was the first to feature female delegates, and they made their presence known
Where’s the Debate on Francis Scott Key’s Slave-Holding Legacy?
During his lifetime, abolitionists ridiculed Key’s words, sneering that America was more like the “Land of the Free and Home of the Oppressed”
The Surprising History of the Infographic
Early iterations saved soldiers' lives, debunked myths about slavery and helped Americans settle the frontier
A Brief History of Congressional Carpets
There's more to the House floor than meets the eye
Victoria Woodhull Ran for President Before Women Had the Right to Vote
Her 1872 campaign platform focused on women’s rights and sexual freedom
A Brief History of Lee Harvey Oswald's Connection to Cuba
For over 50 years, conspiracy theorists have linked JFK’s assassin to Fidel Castro’s Cuba
'Unbought and Unbossed': When a Black Woman Ran for the White House
The congresswoman tried to win the White House by consolidating the Black vote and the women's vote, but she ran into trouble
What Can the Collapse of the Whig Party Tell Us About Today’s Politics?
Is the Republican party on the verge of catastrophe? Probably not, if history is any indicator
Andrew Jackson, America’s Original Anti-Establishment Candidate
The seventh president raged against many of the same machines that are now engulfing this year’s election
When Newspapers Reported on Gun Deaths as "Melancholy Accidents"
A historian explains how a curious phrase used by the American press caught his eye and became the inspiration for his new book
For Susan B. Anthony, Getting Support for Her 'Revolution' Meant Taking on an Unusual Ally
Suffragists Anthony and Cady Stanton found common cause in a wealthy man named George Francis Train who helped to fund their newspaper
The Broadway Revival of "Fiddler" Offers a Profound Reaction to Today's Refugee Crisis
Popular musicals on Broadway are regarded as escapist, but the worldwide issue of migration and displacement is inescapable
The History of the United States’ First Refugee Crisis
Fleeing the Haitian revolution, whites and free blacks were viewed with suspicion by American slaveholders, including Thomas Jefferson
The U.S. Government Turned Away Thousands of Jewish Refugees, Fearing That They Were Nazi Spies
In a long tradition of “persecuting the refugee,” the State Department and FDR claimed that Jewish immigrants could threaten national security
The Train Station That Has Been Housing the World’s Refugees for More Than a Century
Past and present collide at Berlin’s Ostbahnhof
When Franklin Roosevelt Clashed With the Supreme Court—and Lost
Buoyed by his reelection but dismayed by rulings of the justices who stopped his New Deal programs, a president overreaches
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