A far-right state senator is warning that Donald Trump’s trial could lead to a civil war.

This kind of rhetoric is beyond dangerous in a time of rising political violence.

Asked about civil war in an interview with Tucker Carlson, Trump began to fondly recall the January 6 insurrection.

A new history cuts against stereotypes, to show a region constantly changing—and whose future is up for grabs.

A reminder that Greene sits on the House Oversight and Homeland Security committees.

It seems the Georgia representative has forgotten about the Fourteenth Amendment.

Unless voters wake up—and Democrats wake them up—we’re on the verge of permanent, minoritarian, single-party rule.

Maybe the United States was doomed from the start. And Jean-Jacques Rousseau can explain why.

How many rich moderates would join the MAGA far right if redistribution policies threatened their wealth?

A second conversation with Niccolò Machiavelli

Czechoslovakia’s “Velvet Divorce” offers a model for dealing with America’s irreconcilable differences.

Outlet after outlet is questioning the possibility of a Democratic victory this midterm election.

Intra-nation conflicts are on the rise—and no, the United States is not immune.

A gargantuan monument to the rebel general will come down in the capital of the Confederacy.

One Texas Republican state House member wants to create a “patriotic” education project to celebrate the Lone Star State—and whitewash its ugly past.

What an old poem says about the search for justice following the Capitol riot

How 150 years of apocalyptic agitation culminated in an insurrection

Why we can’t afford to make peace with white supremacists

Three new books show how Northern states betrayed Black people, and why many found Mexico a safer destination.

A new book argues that the threat of secession has never left American politics.