Kevin M. Kruse

Trump’s “Rededicate 250” event reframes America as a Christian nation, despite the Constitution’s secular roots and “under God” being a 1950s addition.

Protestors have long understood the importance of securing photographic images of their activism.

DOJ civil rights lawyers' resignations after leaders' refusal to probe ICE murder echo past revolts as administrations tried to politicize the Division.

You're misreading Lee Atwater’s infamous “southern strategy” quote as a confession.

Media focus on Charlie Kirk's presentation style while downplaying what he said and did is reminiscent of 1950s strategies for legitimizing Jim Crow.

The often-overlooked institutions of the federal government truly do matter and so do the individuals who lead those institutions and give them direction.

As Elon Musk and Donald Trump engaged in a campaign of mutually-assured destruction, social media saw record new levels of schadenfreude.

How a Hollywood marketing campaign was responsible for the Ten Commandments being displayed in public all across the country.

The relatively unknown Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elevated to the powerful position of Speaker of the House.

Kevin Phillips help set the Republican Party on the path that led it to Trump.

Fifty years after the Republican Party hit upon a winning formula, President Trump is putting it at risk.

The trends that brought us Howard Schultz (and Donald Trump) started in the 1970s.

The long, entwined history of America First and the American dream.

A conservative pundit questioned the prevalence of Dixiecrats switching to the GOP. Historian Kevin Kruse accepted the challenge.

He became known as an apolitical preacher. But Graham started out as an ardent conservative.

Linda Gordon’s new book captures how white supremacy has long been part of our political mainstream.

Independence Day has always been a political battlefield.

Dwight Eisenhower did more in his first hundred days than change laws—he changed a culture.

Get riled up again about Trump's refusal to release his returns with a brief history of this now-discarded presidential tradition.

Richard Nixon, Billy Graham, and their White House church services.