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The Last Serious, Qualified Third-Party Candidate for President Was … ?

by Ronald L. Feinman

John Anderson. He just turned 95.

FROM OUR ARCHIVES The American Press Has Served Us Well. We Need to Protect It.

by Vaughn Davis Bornet

That new man in the White House needs to be made aware that the job he occupies is a Bully Pulpit—and not a Bullying Pulpit.

What Would Woody Do?

by Ron Briley

The advice folksinger and political activist Woody Guthrie would be giving to us were he alive.

Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act Gives Sanctuary Cities a Model for Resistance

by Christopher N. Lasch

Sanctuary cities’ resistance to immigrant rendition, like northern resistance to slave rendition, takes place in that part of the law that is reserved for local action and upon which the federal government cannot intrude. 

The 75th Anniversary of FDR’s Order to Intern Japanese-Americans Is Frighteningly Timely

by Joanne Bernardi

More than ever, we need to think beyond borders and identities, to reframe the issues at hand in terms of what it means to be human.

Why Should Trump―or Anyone―Be Able to Launch a Nuclear War?

by Lawrence Wittner

We need an international ban on nuclear weapons.  The UN begins negotiations on one in March.

Why Did the Democrats Fail ?

by Walter G. Moss

And where do we go from here?

There’s One Last Big-Ticket Item on Trump’s Agenda: A War on Drugs

by Matthew R. Pembleton

Be afraid.

Immigrants and Refugees Need the Right to a Lawyer

by Britt P. Tevis

This story about a case from 1909 shows why.

Is Trump a Populist?

by Finbarr Curtis

How he compares with William Jennings Bryan, the Populist’s populist, in many contemporaries'' opinion.

Other Countries Are Fast Catching Up to the US Education System. This Is Going to Have Consequences.

by Joe Krulder

Defunding our education system by pulling federal dollars and oversight at a time when both are sorely needed may lead us, as in the case of the UK, to lose our global standing.

Donald Trump Is On His Way to Second or Third Shortest Presidency in American History

by Ronald L. Feinman

The Pence Presidency seems inevitable.

Have You Seen the Pictures of Trump Naked?

by Thomas A. Foster

Trump may be different from all previous presidents, but artists are giving him the same treatment they’ve given other leaders disdained by large numbers of people.

Cries of Violating the Logan Act Are Frequent

by Kathryn Smith

How seriously they are taken depends on what else is going on.

The Controversy over the Dakota Access Pipeline Is a Twenty-First Century Replay of Manifest Destiny

by Billy J. Stratton

The US government wants the resources of the Lakota and Dakota people and it's taking them. Again.

Melania Trump May Be a Reluctant First Lady – But so Were Others

by Kathryn Smith

Even Eleanor Roosevelt didn’t want to be first lady.

So You Think Trump’s Victory Was an Outlier Because the Election Was so Close?

by Ronald L. Feinman

Actually, very slim vote margins in numerous presidential elections have transformed American history.

If Andrew Jackson Is Trump’s Hero, What Can We Learn from that?

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

Studying Jackson's presidency – the good and the regrettable – may be a useful way of getting insights into Trump's view of the presidency.

Is Trump the 21st Century Cincinnatus?

by Fred Zilian

A majority of whites and people over forty seem to think so. They sense that times are dire. But is it true? 

What the Best President Can Teach Us about the Worst

by James West Davidson

Lincoln’s real lessons.