Joshua Zeitz

Gordon Wood chronicled America’s rambunctious democratic culture. It’s giving way to a new deference to authority.

Lawmakers knew the Fourteenth Amendment would apply to the children of immigrants.

The political upheaval of 1824 changed America. The same could happen in 2024.

The President's spiritual journey transformed him and the nation.

One hundred years ago, a strong leader brought House rebels to the table to elect a speaker. Can McCarthy do the same?

James K. Polk is considered one of the most successful presidents, even though he did not seek reelection.

In the mid-19th century, a pro-slavery minority used violence to stifle a growing anti-slavery majority, spurring their opposition to respond in kind.

Without a name for it, figuring out why it happened is that much harder.

The conservative Supreme Court's favorite judicial philosophy requires a very, very firm grasp of history — one that none of the justices seem to possess.

Trump campaigns like Richard Nixon and George Wallace, but in reality, he is Lyndon Johnson: a man who has lost control of the machine.

It was 1921, and it changed the character of the United States for decades.

Many on both sides are worried about the party’s leftward swing. They say it’s a deviation from the mainstream. It’s not.

Many on the left have learned the wrong lessons from his ill-fated presidential bid.

Her death is a useful reminder that students have often served on the political front lines.

It wasn't some radical left-wing pipedream. It was moderate; and it worked.

Today’s populist resurgence has us rethinking the role these movements play in U.S. politics.

This past year has shown that the U.S. is far from immune to the forces shaping the rest of the world.

Trump has revived an age-old debate about why some people choose race over class—and how far they will go to protect the system.

Trump's break with tradition may be good or bad, but it's definitely different.

It took well over a century for the office of the attorney general to accrue power and independence. Trump could blow that all up.

The Justice Department lawyers are getting the Founding Fathers all wrong.

James Comey’s testimony joins the pantheon of dramatic congressional moments.

Hillary Clinton is the most maligned presidential loser in history. What’s going on?

It’s Andrew Johnson, not Andrew Jackson, who provides the best model for Trump’s collapsing presidency.