Conservatives defend efforts to dismantle the federal bureaucracy as tactics against tyranny, but Americans exercise their sovereignty through these civil services.
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In 1935, a hurricane devastated the Florida Keys, killing over 400 people, many of them World War I veterans. Ernest Hemingway joined the relief efforts – and became enraged at government inaction.
Kamala Harris was in the right place at the right time when Joe Biden opted against running for a second term, and she’s been riding a wave of popularity. Will a strong debate performance sustain her?
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will officially accept their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. A scholar of the presidency shares memorable moments from previous events.
A former archivist at Mary McLeod Bethune’s home in Washington, DC, recounts how the experience led her to see Bethune as a global figure.
While President Joe Biden has low approval ratings, few other American presidents − with the exception of FDR and Warren Harding − have experienced such a run of good media luck.
Politics, age and gender combine to shape the understanding of presidents’ families – and the presidents themselves.
Kamala Harris is on track to be one of the most influential vice presidents in history. This says more about the Senate than the amount of power the vice president actually wields.
When US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, he paved the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the mainland and Hawaii
While some Republicans want to put Donald Trump onto Mt. Rushmore, historians often change their views of presidents over time.
A political philosopher argues that while all American presidents may lie, those who appear to lie for the public good are often celebrated.
On Dec. 2, 1941, a publication date was set for Mori’s first book. Five days later, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, upending the writer’s life and throwing the book’s publication into doubt.
When US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, he caved to war hysteria and paved the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
In the wake of 9/11, some called for rounding up whole groups of people viewed as potential threats to the nation. But Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta knew the U.S. had done that before.
Starting in July 2021, most US families will get monthly payments from the IRS of either $250 or $300 per child under 18.
Only one president has done so – Franklin Delano Roosevelt – but others considered it, and even tried.
Since his January inauguration, Joe Biden has demonstrated that he understands how the modern U.S. presidency works, both in terms of policy and the nation’s psyche.
The federal minimum wage’s purchasing power has rarely been lower since it created in 1938 as part of the New Deal.
The US Supreme Court is often less insulated from partisan politics than many Americans assume.
The vice president may be second in line for the most powerful job in the nation, but there isn’t necessarily a lot to do besides wait – unless the president wants another adviser.
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
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Adjunct Professor of History and Affiliated Faculty, USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Cultures, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of History and Law Faculty, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
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Professor of History & American Culture Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
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Assistant Professor of Media, Communications and Journalism, California State University, Fresno
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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Professor of History, Penn State
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Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor of 20th Century American History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Global Politics and Anti-Slavery, University of Nottingham
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Reader in US History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Dean, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences