Donald Trump

The supercharged bad faith of “constitutional originalism” threatens everything we hold dear.

Few figures on the left have been as committed to realizing the democratic promise of American politics as Eugene Debs.

More so than at any point in the last century, U.S. independence now seems like a parochial affair.

A new book makes the case for engaging with the anniversary on your own terms and taking your own meaning from it.

The debate over Paine's legacy today is a proxy for a much larger debate over whose vision gets to govern.

What history can teach us about where the anti-imperialist left should go now.

Today's alliance between capitalists, the state, and fascist movements, mobilized against immigrants and workers' movements, echoes the 1910s.

Donald Trump’s aversion to admitting fault suggests that we will not see events that grapple with the nuanced nature of the nation’s history this July 4th.

Exploring the clash between progressive activism and new age spirituality.

Newspaper columnists instructed generations of citizens about the Fourteenth Amendment. Today, the country seems to have forgotten how clear the law is.

The US found a more efficient way to project power than simple conquest.

We must recognize Democrats share responsibility with the GOP for creating the climate that made such a war possible.

A look at how the Fourteenth Amendment supports birthright citizenship and challenges efforts to limit it using “allegiance” or immigration status.

How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved way for authoritarianism.

Two recent books take on the Bernie Goetz shooting—with differing results.

How the president turns everything into idol worship.

It turns out he’s still alive, and still teaching at Fordham Law. We had some questions about an amendment that wasn’t written to meet a moment like this.

US shifts on propaganda efforts show a cycle of dismantling and revival, as tech-driven “information states” blur lines between influence, control, and freedom.

Like Bush's invasion of Iraq, Trump and Netanyahu's joint attack on Iran is being sold on myths.

The outrageous assault on birthright citizenship should prompt us to reflect on the fragility of democratic progress - and our own responsibility to defend it.