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The Response to Political Violence in 1968 Was Very Different From Today

The Response to Political Violence in 1968 Was Very Different From Today

Americans were once again confronted with political violence when a gunman attempted to breach security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner...

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When Rumors of a Drinking Problem Sunk a Cabinet Nomination

When Rumors of a Drinking Problem Sunk a Cabinet Nomination

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What Congress Could Do to Stop the War

The United States has been engaged in a war of choice against Iran for nearly two months. Negotiations to end the military conflict are underway but...

27.04.2026 7

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Why the Next Generation of Republicans Might Be More Extreme Than MAGA

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How Iran Helped Bring Ronald Reagan to Power

If war with Iran becomes the issue that fractures the MAGA coalition, the historical irony would be considerable. Iran’s central role in Republican...

14.04.2026 8

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Democrats Already Have an Affordability Agenda

Democrats are feeling good about the midterms in November. Oil prices continue to surge as a result of the war in Iran, and President Donald Trump and...

06.04.2026 20

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Wartime Budgets Are an X-Ray of Presidential Priorities

Pete Hegseth confirmed earlier this month that the Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a supplemental request of more than $200 billion to...

29.03.2026 10

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George H.W. Bush Won His Middle East War and Still Lost At Home

Middle East and North Africa Republicans have a foreign policy problem. Whatever the outcome of the war in Iran, the GOP keeps drifting further from...

22.03.2026 10

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From Vietnam to Iran, War Is the Reason Americans Don’t Trust Their Government

After President Donald Trump launched a major military attack on Iran in conjunction with Israel without providing a consistent rationale and without...

15.03.2026 20

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David Halberstam’s Warning Is More Urgent Than Ever

In the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran, it quickly became clear that the trajectory of the conflict would be unpredictable. Consider...

09.03.2026 30

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How George W. Bush Created ICE

In a high-stakes standoff on Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats have withheld funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until Republicans...

02.03.2026 20

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Trump’s Midterm Threats Recall a Bleak Chapter in American History

U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have set off alarm bells ahead of the November midterm elections. In a recent...

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The Ongoing Legacy of President Ford’s Pardon of Richard Nixon

President Donald Trump has shown little restraint using his pardon power. In his second term, he has issued over 1,500 pardons, many of them...

16.02.2026 30

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The United States’ 250th Birthday Has Become a Test for the Nation

09.02.2026 10

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What It Took for George H.W. Bush to Invoke the Insurrection Act

02.02.2026 10

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What Kent State Taught the Country About State Violence

26.01.2026 20

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How the Bombing of Hiroshima Was Covered Up

05.01.2026 20

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Are the Drug Boat Killings Trump’s Vietnam Moment?

15.12.2025 20

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Why Richard Nixon Killed National Child Care

09.12.2025 10

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What Is the Filibuster Good For?

03.12.2025 20

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When Democrats Rebelled Against Their Own Leaders

24.11.2025 20

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How Mamdani Taps Into an American Socialist Tradition

17.11.2025 10

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How Mamdani Taps Into an American Socialist Tradition

17.11.2025 20

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Who the Hell Is James Garfield?

15.11.2025 10

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Why Does the U.S. Set Presidential Term Limits?

10.11.2025 20

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Why Russell Vought Is One of the Most Powerful People in Washington

03.11.2025 10

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How Trump’s White House Renovation Differs from Truman’s

27.10.2025 10

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It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World

24.10.2025 10

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The Air Traffic Controller Showdown That Haunts American Labor

20.10.2025 10

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Trump Has Broken the Justice Department

13.10.2025 10

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The Link Between Bad Bunny and Pete Seeger

06.10.2025 20

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Why Both Parties Are Considering Midterm Conventions

29.09.2025 10

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Robert McNamara Chose Loyalty to the President

27.09.2025 20

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How Shutting Down the U.S. Government Became the New Normal

25.09.2025 10

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RFK Jr.’s Uncle Made Vaccines His Signature Issue

15.09.2025 20

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How the Movement to ‘Free D.C.’ Became a Civil Rights Struggle

09.09.2025 20

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Why FDR’s Court-Packing Plan Was Nothing Like What Trump Is Doing

01.09.2025 10

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Remembering Hurricane Katrina and Its Political Aftermath

27.08.2025 20

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What ‘Jaws’ Teaches Us About America—Fifty Years On

23.08.2025 30

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Why Texas’s Power Grab Is So Dangerous

12.08.2025 20

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The Hiroshima Exhibition the World Wasn’t Allowed to See

04.08.2025 20

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How the ‘Paranoid Style’ Took Over U.S. Politics

28.07.2025 20

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Why Don’t Americans Rise up Against Unpopular Policy Anymore?

21.07.2025 20

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How Lyndon Johnson Moved the Nation Forward on Immigration

14.07.2025 20

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Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Leaves the Congressional Budget Office Battling for Relevance

04.07.2025 10

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Is Trump’s Use of Executive Power Really So Different?

30.06.2025 30

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What Happened to the War Powers Act?

25.06.2025 30

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A Rare Presidential Power Could Enable Trump’s Authoritarianism

23.06.2025 30

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How Republicans Became the Anti-Tax Party

16.06.2025 30

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The Origins of the Campus Wars

09.06.2025 20

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