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Religion Could Decide the Election of 2016

by Ronald L. Feinman

Trump’s strategy of using religion as a political weapon is likely to backfire in November.

What a Real Conversation About Race Would Entail

by Michael McQuillan

We don’t have to guess. Richmond tried it and it worked.

This Awful Election Year Is Revealing the Horrible Politics of Ancestry

by Pearl Duncan

This ancestry researcher has seen it before.

What Is It About September that Makes It Disastrous Month for Presidents and Presidential Candidates?

by Ronald L. Feinman

It’s just a historical curiosity. But it reminds us of the constant threat presidents face.

Here’s One Step President Obama Can Take to Ease Racial Strife over Police Misconduct

by Albert I. Slomovitz

Reflections of a historian who’s worked for decades as a volunteer police chaplain.

Does the Democratic Party Have a Progressive Platform―and Does It Matter?

by Lawrence S. Wittner

This is what reading the platform line-by-line shows.

Donald Trump Has Created a Constitutional Crisis on the 42nd Anniversary of Richard Nixon’s Resignation

by Ronald L. Feinman

For a Presidential candidate even to hint at assassination reminds us of the many tragedies of Presidential and Presidential candidate assassinations and threats throughout American history.

There Are Three Ways Left to Defeat Donald Trump in November

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

History suggests one is key: That Hillary Clinton run a positive, optimistic campaign.

The Caine Mutiny: The Movie GOP Leaders Need to Watch

by Robert Brent Toplin

Trump’s their Captain Queeg. They need to take him out.

Roll Back Roe v. Wade?

by Andrew Young

Here’s what America looked like when abortion was illegal.

It’s Time to Put Ralph Nader’s Role in the 2000 Election into Historical Perspective

by Fran Shor

The real lesson of 2000 needs to be understood for progressives to understand what to do in 2016.

The Last Election of the Sixties

by Leonard Steinhorn

The Trump constituency wants its America back, and this may be the last election in which the backlash that began in the Sixties will have an opportunity to win.

Could Gary Johnson’s Candidacy Cause a Constitutional Crisis in November?

by Ronald L. Feinman

We could wake up and find Gary Johnson President and Mike Pence Vice President. Here’s how it might happen.

The Zika Virus Mosquito Is so Dangerous the Military Considered Using It as a Weapon

by Rod Tanchanco

Here’s how it snuck into the US after World War II.

Want a Happy Ending to the Crisis over Police Shootings?

by Michael McQuillan

Here’s a way forward.

Obama’s Rebuke to the GOP

by Ed Simon

What the president highlighted is that the party of Lincoln has increasingly become the party of Lincoln Rockwell.

Getting Ready for College? Think Along with Me. Ok?

by Vaughn Davis Bornet

Sage advice to young college students from a venerable historian.

Donald Trump Is No Ronald Reagan

by Ronald L. Feinman

They are different in personality, style, conviction, and appeal.

The Striking Parallels between Trump’s Xenophobia and the Americanization Movement of the 1910s

by Tina Irvine

Both rest on squalid claims about immigrants.

Memo to Donald Trump: This is not 1968

by Leonard Steinhorn

Our society itself is not coming apart the way it was in 1968.