The official celebration of Native Americans represents the fruits of a decades-long effort.
Articles on Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Displaying 61 - 80 of 97 articles
Difficult to pronounce, synecdoche is the form of rhetoric used by President Trump when he told four Democratic congresswomen of color to “go back” to the “corrupt” countries they came from.
President Trump has unilaterally raised tariffs and sparked trade wars, all without consulting Congress. A century ago, the roles were reversed.
A presidential visit to Kingston, Ont. – like the one FDR paid in 1938 – could once again play a role in bridging relations between Canada and the United States.
As South Africa marks 25 years of freedom, many citizens have to contend with the harsh reality that they can’t eat democracy.
The 1930s New Deal created a civilian army of conservationists who planted forests and restored wilderness.
The original New Deal caused a “great acceleration” in carbon emissions. How will a Green New Deal forge its own legacy?
Russians have been charged with interfering with the 2016 US presidential election. If true, it’s not an isolated incident. Twice before, foreign powers tried to influence who won the Oval Office.
The new Congress is divided into a GOP Senate and Democratic House. History provides a glimpse of what this could mean: Democrats hold the power to investigate, if not to legislate.
The initial aim of the 1937 Foreign Agents Registration Act was long forgotten: the prosecution of Nazis for interfering with American democracy. But that law is startlingly relevant to the US now.
President Trump says an alliance with Saudi Arabia is necessary, despite evidence the country’s crown prince ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Today many Americans see universities negatively. But, as the dean of USC Dornsife argues, academia has a unique capacity to solve society’s problems. Yes, astrophysicists can help law enforcement.
In 1933 President Franklin Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps, a massive relief program that paid young men to plant trees and build parks across the nation. It was money well spent.
Throughout American history, being a black celebrity has been a political act in and of itself. When viewed through this lens, the transition into politics for someone like Winfrey is more natural.
Instead of building a wall on the US-Mexico border, a landscape architect calls for restoring the Rio Grande and turning its course into an international park – an idea first proposed in the 1930s.
Hoover abused his power as FBI director to serve presidents’ interests. The reforms that followed were set up to prevent it from happening again.
Past presidents have made strange requests of the FBI, some of which were documented by J. Edgar Hoover.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is famous for really getting a lot done fast. Will history remember Trump so kindly?
Trump’s travel ban is an echo of policies passed in the United States during World War II.
Thanks to the US’s polarised politics, presidents beloved abroad are controversial at home.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
-
Adjunct Professor of History and Affiliated Faculty, USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Cultures, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
-
Professor of History and Law Faculty, The Ohio State University
-
Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
-
Professor of History & American Culture Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
-
Associate Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
-
Assistant Professor of Media, Communications and Journalism, California State University, Fresno
-
Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
-
Professor of History, Penn State
-
Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester
-
Associate Professor of 20th Century American History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
-
Professor of Global Politics and Anti-Slavery, University of Nottingham
-
Reader in US History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
-
Professor of History, McGill University
-
Dean, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences