A look inside America’s first political dynasty
Politics & Economics
Gerald Ford, Impeachment, and The Difference Between Politics and Law Enforcement
The only Eagle Scout elected President, Ford was far from being a butter-fingered lummox.
The Immortal Major: Jack Downing and the Rise of American Political Humor
Introducing Major Jack Downing and the origins of political satire
The History of American Anti-Lynching Legislation
A brief history of anti-lynching bills, and a reminder that Congress has never passed an anti-lynching law
A Vast Political Corporation: The Power of the Post Office in the Bank War
Uncovering President Andrew Jackson’s little-known conflict with the Second Bank of the United States
Anthony Burns and the Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act
“We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
The Power of Ping-Pong: Improving the Chinese-American Relationship
A look into the positive effects of President Nixon’s “ping-pong diplomacy”
The Curious Origins of the Dollar Sign
Introducing Oliver Pollock and his unintended legacy
South Carolina’s Remarkable Democratic Experiment of 1868
The making of South Carolina’s first constitution in the post-Civil War South
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Breaking down the nation’s first impeachment trial