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.