Politics
The Little-Known Story of 19th-Century America's Partisan Warfare
In a new book, Smithsonian curator Jon Grinspan examines the history of America's furious and fractious politics
Walter Mondale Never Won the Presidency, but He Changed American Politics Forever
A trove of Smithsonian artifacts document the man who was first to put a woman on the presidential ticket and reshaped the vice presidency
How Isabella Aiukli Cornell Made Prom Political
As citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, a prom dress became the perfect vehicle to signal the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women
The Little-Known Story of Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini
A free radio documentary tells the tale of the long-overlooked individual who nearly killed the Italian dictator in 1926
This 17th-Century Cookbook Contained a Vicious Attack on Oliver Cromwell's Wife
The Cromwell Museum has republished a text first issued by the English Lord Protector's enemies as propaganda
How the 1996 Dunblane Massacre Pushed the U.K. to Enact Stricter Gun Laws
A devastating attack at a Scottish primary school sparked national outcry—and a successful campaign for gun reform
Secretary Lonnie Bunch on Healing a Divided Nation
We must use the lessons of the past to help our country grow and move forward
The Once-Classified Tale of Juanita Moody: The Woman Who Helped Avert a Nuclear War
America’s bold response to the Soviet Union depended on an unknown spy agency operative whose story can at last be told
Trove of Presidential Memorabilia, From Washington's Hair to JFK's Sweater, Is Up for Sale
RR Auction is offering a collection of nearly 300 artifacts, including a signed photo of Abraham Lincoln and a pen used by FDR
The Powerful, Complicated Legacy of Betty Friedan's 'The Feminine Mystique'
The acclaimed reformer stoked the white, middle-class feminist movement and brought critical understanding to a “problem that had no name”
The United States Will Rejoin Paris Climate Accord
The move is one of several climate-related actions taken by President Joe Biden on his first day in office
From His Tattered Chair, TV's Archie Bunker Caricatured America's Divides
The 1971 show aired the fraught political differences that were "All in the Family"
The History of Violent Attacks on the U.S. Capitol
While the building has seen politically motivated mayhem in the past, never before has a mob of insurrectionists tried to overturn a presidential election
Five Things to Know About the 1876 Presidential Election
Lawmakers are citing the 19th-century crisis as precedent to dispute the 2020 election. Here's a closer look at its events and legacy
Meet Joseph Rainey, the First Black Congressman
Born enslaved, he was elected to Congress in the wake of the Civil War. But the impact of this momentous step in U.S. race relationships did not last long
Library of Congress' Presidential Papers, From Washington's Geometry Notes to Wilson's Love Letters, Are Now Online
Four newly added collections mark the conclusion of a two-decade digitization project
How the Belief in American Exceptionalism Has Shaped the Pandemic Response
A political scientist discusses how national identity influences how the country has dealt with the Covid-19 crisis
How John Adams Managed a Peaceful Transition of Presidential Power
In the election of 1800, for the first time in U.S. history, one party turned the executive office to another
Why a Planned Statue of Britain's 'Iron Lady,' Margaret Thatcher, Is So Polarizing
Set to be installed in the prime minister's hometown of Grantham next year, the ten-foot-tall work has both supporters and detractors
A Brief History of the Falklands War
The latest season of Netflix's "The Crown" dramatizes the 1982 clash between Argentina and the United Kingdom
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