For years, LBJ was reviled for Vietnam. Then the historical tables turned in his direction. But they turned a little too far.

This week marks the 58th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act. We’ve lost ground in recent years—but all is not lost out there.

The Kentucky Republican just passed the Montana Democrat as the longest-serving Senate leader. Unfortunately, he’s dismantled everything Mansfield worked to build.

A new history of the environmental movement places too much emphasis on famous figures like Rachel Carson and shies away from confronting failures.

The longest running theme in the history of the party might be charges of incoherence and disorganization.

The idea that Joe Biden squandered American credibility in the Afghan withdrawal is seductive, but it connects the wrong dots.

While Republicans cling to trickle-down delusions, Biden is reviving a philosophy of growth that the party hasn’t embraced since LBJ.

The decades-long war on government has left struggling Americans to fend for themselves.

Sure, it has its drawbacks, but forcing politicians to stand on the Senate floor for hours at a time, monologuing, might be the only way to pass desperately needed voting rights legislation.

Obsessed with looking tough, the party has elevated bullies like Andrew Cuomo for years. Is that changing?

The president sees suburban America as a bastion of white affluence—an outdated view that could cost him the election.

The veteran politician weighs how best to launch a presidency amid unprecedented crises.

From Indonesia to Brazil, the United States fostered a global network of brutal repression in the name of anti-communism.

The rhetorical obsession with single mothers obscures the root cause of racial inequality.

The world that 1968 ushered in is a far cry from the one activists imagined.

How liberals, over decades, worked to undermine a proposal that has long enjoyed public support

Can today’s liberals hope to match the achievements of LBJ’s presidency?

How a battle over the Fair Housing Act could transform U.S. politics

The party has been divided on foreign policy since Vietnam, but Trump's reckless stance on North Korea presents an opportunity to come together.

Fast food did not just find its way to low-income neighborhoods. It was brought there by the federal government.