Bylines

Theodore R. Johnson III

A poster for the Sesquicentennial International Exposition in Philadelphia in 1926, depicting liberty holding flags of many nations.

Who Does America Think It Is? Next Year, We Might Find Out.

From our 50th birthday to next year’s 250th, Americans have asked who we are as a nation.

America Begins to See More Clearly Now What Its Black Citizens Always Knew

The present round of protest is different. The participants are people of every race, ethnicity, sex, age, and religion.
American military trucks on a Baghdad street.

Iraq, 15 Years Later

Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion, there’s no satisfying answer to the question: What were we doing in Iraq anyway?

What Trump Gets Right—and Progressives Get Wrong—About Andrew Jackson

In the 19th century, Jackson broadened the electorate, but the self-righteousness of some Democrats impedes their efforts to do the same.

The GOP’s Long History With Black Colleges

Could President Trump actually win over the leaders of historically black colleges and universities?