American political polarization follows predictable historical cycles, with today’s divisions resembling the Civil War era more than the post-WWII bipartisan period. Historical knowledge gaps in ...

Democracy is a loud, chaotic and flashy affair. Presidential candidates have emblazoned their names on T-shirts, socks, underwear, potholders, calendars, coffee mugs and bumperstickers, while ...

Historically, Black political power has not come easily in the United States. The institution of slavery and systems of racial inequality – from Black Codes to Jim Crow – restricted the civil and ...

We wrote and submitted the report published below, “Our Fragile Democracy: Political Violence, White Supremacy, and Disenfranchisement in American History,” for the committee that May. Scholars of the ...

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive. By Dana Goldstein In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, we authored a piece for the Washington Post drawing on our expertise in ...