political history

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• 5/21/19
  

  All the President’s Humility: What We Can Learn From Young George Washington

  by Peter Stark

  It took Washington many years to metamorphose from self-centered, impetuous young man burning with ambition to gain personal “honor” into a steady, selfless, seemingly unflappable leader.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/6/19
  

  The myths behind the push to resurrect child labor

  by Oenone Kubie

  Why is there a significant push to resurrect child labor. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  5/6/19
  

  The Coming Generation War

  by Niall Ferguson and Eyck Freymann

  The Democrats are rapidly becoming the party of the young—and the consequences could be profound.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5/2/19
  

  Unethical, even illegal campaign tactics are an American tradition

  by Steffen W. Schmidt

  Since the earliest years of the republic, candidates have used deceptive, underhanded and dubiously legal tactics to discredit their opponents.

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• 5/1/19
  

  Sidney Blumenthal on Abraham Lincoln and Why History Always Matters

  To celebrate the History News Network's arrival at the George Washington University, HNN hosted "Why History Always Matters." As part of the event, HNN Editor Kyla Sommers interviewed Mr. Blumenthal on the importance of history and his 5-part biography of Abraham Lincoln.

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• 4/30/19
  

  6 Presidents Who Never Lost an Election

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Of America’s 44 presidents, only six have won every election they have contested. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/29/19
  

  Can Bill Weld unseat Trump? Let’s look at the history of challenges to incumbent presidents.

  Unseating a president from his own party isn’t easy.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  4/28/19
  

  Historian Ron Chernow Cracks Jokes at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  In choosing a scholar over a satirist, the Correspondents’ Association had sought to solemnize a dinner known for its comedic puncturing of the Washington bubble. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/24/19
  

  Identicide: How demographic shifts can rip a country apart

  by Monica Duffy Toft

  Internal strife, perhaps civil war or collapse often precedes a decisive demographic shift.

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• SOURCE: Washigton Post
  4/25/19
  

  Biden is leading the polls. But his other presidential bids were disasters.

  Here’s what went wrong for Biden in 1987 and 2007.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/19/19
  

  The public, not Robert Mueller, will determine Donald Trump’s fate

  by Kathryn Cramer Brownell

  Will Trump be Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton?

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  4/23/19
  

  Is Obstruction an Impeachable Offense? History Says Yes

  by Adam Liptak

  Constitutional scholars say offenses involving the lawless use of official power threatening the constitutional order are what the framers thought could justify removal from office.

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• SOURCE: Time
  4/18/19
  

  What Was the Biggest Political Scandal in American History? 7 Historians Make Their Picks

  Featuring Heather Cox Richardson, Joanne B. Freeman, Manisha Sinha, Douglas Brinkley, Robert Dallek, Barbara A. Perry, and Julian E. Zelizer.

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• 4/21/19
  

  Presidential Personality and Politics

  by Jerome Braun

  A review of American Dialogue: The Founders and Us by Joseph J. Ellis. 

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• 4/21/19
  

  The Value of Rating Presidents

  by Susan Swain

  Presidential rankings are quick, fun, and highly shareable on social media.  They foster lively debate about contemporary presidents and even help resurface some of our most obscure presidents.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/17/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden and the politics of touch

  by Mark M. Smith

  No one was better at tactile politics than Abraham Lincoln.

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• SOURCE: Process History
  4/16/19
  

  Gale Kenny on the Womens March, Church Ladies, and Grassroots Political Religion

  by Gale Kenny

  The Women’s March and related activism are similar to the 20th century political organizing of the United Council of Church Women.

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• 4/14/19
  

  Health Care for All – A Cautionary Tale from the 1970s

  by Richard Moe

  If the ultimate goal is to expand affordable health care to every American, Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy offer important lessons.

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• 4/14/19
  

  President Donald Trump, HIV/AIDS, and Black Lesbian and Gay Activism

  by Darius Bost

  Trump’s plan to end AIDS within this decade came as a surprise given his history with communities most impacted by HIV/AIDS.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/28/19
  

  Want to unify the country? A community organizer and a Klan leader showed us how.

  by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

  In the midst of the identity crisis we face as a nation, the organizing tradition that Ann Atwater embodied is the strong medicine we need.