What Does American History Teach About Modern Politics & Society?

Somerset, Massachusetts / / December 6, 2025 / CRF Publishing LLC Key Takeaways: American political polarization follows ...

A brief history of American regime-change wars

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by ...
CounterPunch

Yes, This is Who We Are: America’s 250-Year History of Political Violence

Others similarly weighed in. Whoopi Goldberg on “The View” declared that Americans solve political disagreements peacefully: “This is not the way we do it.” Yet other awful episodes come immediately ...
Los Angeles Times

A new era of American political violence is upon us. How did we get here? How does it end?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...
insider.si.edu

Shaped by the state : toward a new political history of the twentieth century / edited by Brent Cebul, Lily Geismer, and Mason B. Williams

Papers based on presentations at the conference "Seeing beyond the Partisan Divide", held at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia in the fall of 2016. Introduction. Beyond red and blue: ...
Smithsonian Magazine

What Ten Artifacts from the Smithsonian Collections Can Tell Us About the Crazy History of American Politics

Democracy is a loud, chaotic and flashy affair. Presidential candidates have emblazoned their names on T-shirts, socks, underwear, potholders, calendars, coffee mugs and bumperstickers, while ...
Poynter

Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise of political violence in America

The assassination of Charlie Kirk stunned first the audience at Utah Valley University, where he was shot while speaking Sept. 10, and then the country, as footage of his killing quickly spread. For ...

‘Voodoo Rituals’ and Banana Wars: U.S. Military Action in Latin America

At dawn on Oct. 25, President Ronald Reagan sent 7,600 troops, including two Army Ranger battalions, the 82nd Airborne, the ...
The Washington Post

How billionaires took over American politics

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. New York City billionaire John Catsimatidis has long been immersed in ...
UPI

This is who we are: America's 250-year history of political violence

The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, commentators repeated a familiar refrain: "This isn't who we are as Americans." Others ...