There are similarities between the law-and-order language used by the 1968 and 2020 presidential candidates and the racial tension and political polarization both years. But much is different.
- Professor of History and Law Faculty, The Ohio State University
Hawaii was the last state to join the Union. It didn’t happen without a lot of political dealmaking.
In 1952, military man Dwight Eisenhower was elected president without any experience in elective office. Here’s how he built his cabinet.
Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has revived an old controversy in a new way: presidential third terms. It is, as one historian explains, a controversy as old as the nation itself.
Seventy-five years after it was discredited by an FDR victory and U.S. entry into World War II, the GOP’s candidate revives a controversial slogan.
The story of New York’s 1992 Democratic primary – when another Clinton beat another left wing candidate with the help of another Cuomo.
He was a former Democrat, a business tycoon and a media star. The story of Wendell Willkie, the Republicans’ surprise candidate in the 1940 election and how he disrupted the GOP.
The last time a president nominated a Supreme Court justice during his last year in office was in the tumultuous year of 1968. It didn’t go well.
Bernie Sanders l’a emporté lors de la primaire du New Hampshire, devançant largement Hillary Clinton. Les deux favoris côté démocrate ont des origines et des parcours politiques bien différents.
When Clinton and Sanders first came of age politically, neither was a natural fit for the Democrats. How they and the party have changed helps explain their philosophical divide today.
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