In the early 1970s American feminism was on a roll. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), left for dead for decades, sailed through both houses of Congress in spring 1972. Within three months, 20 states, ...

In early March 2021, the Biden Administration rolled out the first part of its multitrillion dollar plan to meet the COVID-19 crisis and rebuild the U.S. economy. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue ...

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The 1896 Democratic Convention, where William Jennings Bryan was nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee. Why don’t Democrats, rather than Republicans, call themselves the “Grand Old Party”?

Photo by Coco Curranski via CC 2.0 Why should I care about posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?” In an era when sweeping demographic change has created a racial, economic, cultural, and ...

Features Saving Democracy—Realistically Yes, we disdain the Electoral College. In the meantime, there are more realistic ways to unlock our democratic Gordian Knot. By Larry Diamond from Summer 2022, ...