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Oil and coal dominated U.S. energy production in the twentieth century.
Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America
An Honored Medal: 1862-1896 Version of the Medal of Honor. Army Heritage Museum Collection.
Medal of Honor Upgrades Are Rare — And Should Be Rare
"The Magnet Citizenship" March 1917 cartoon by Henry Mayer - Moving Picture Weekly (1915-1920)
U.S. Citizenship Is Based on Principles, Not Heritage
A black and white photo of Barry Goldwater in 1962.
Rick Perry, Social Security, and the Ghost of Barry Goldwater
100 and 10 US dollars banknotes.
Inflation — Fighting the Last War
Perry speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
Governor Perry’s Vice-Presidential Mistake
War News from Mexico (1848).
“Hostilities” and War Powers: Let’s Choose the Constitution
Visitors stroll the first section of the High Line Park, over the 18th Street crossing. Frank Gehry's IAC building is in the background.
The High Line: It’s About the Real Estate
The Prairie Dog is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804.
Not American Enough? This Political Slur Has a Long History
Lydia Vargo and Teamster with delivery wagon in Toledo, Ohio c. 1920.
The National Park Service Explores the History of Farm Labor in America
President Jimmy Carter offers a toast to Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, calling Iran 'an island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world.'
Frenemies: Iran and America since 1900
Contrabands—fugitive slaves—cooks, laundresses, laborers, teamsters, railroad repair crews—fled to the Union Army, but were not officially freed until 1863 by the Emancipation Proclamation.
In Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Central Role of Slavery Must Not Be Forgotten
“Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states,” 1861.
The Civil War: Losing the War, Winning the History
Fox News commentator and Tea Party favorite Glenn Beck addresses supporters at his "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 2010.
American Populism and the Persistence of the Paranoid Style
Demonstrators in steadily falling snow outside of the Wisconsin Capitol building.
Wisconsin: A History of Leading the Nation for Better or Worse
Headline in The Philadelphia Inquirer of November 16, 1919, reporting the first use of cloture by the United States Senate.
The Founders Cared about the Majority Principle
Vegetables from ecological farming.
Bringing Democrats and Republicans Together over Food
A young man stays connected on his cell phone as he strolls by a store advertising the Beatles' music on Apple's online store.
Where have you gone, Holden Caulfield? Why We Aren’t ‘Alienated’ Anymore
Isaac W. Williams (front) in a file photo from the 1960s.
Still Fighting the Civil War in South Carolina
William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States.
Zealous Moderates: Barack Obama and William Howard Taft
Taxation without Representation, Suffrage Collection.
Death, Taxes, and the American Founders
John Quincy Adams.
WikiLeaks Reveals a Professionalism of Recent Vintage in the History of American Diplomacy
"The National Game. Three Outs and One Run." Drawing depicting the four candidates of the 1860 United States presidential election (L to R): John Bell, Stephen Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and Abraham Lincoln. The artist is comparing the election to a baseball game.
The Election of 1860 and Secession — to Preserve Slavery
1892 Populist Party presidential campaign button.
“Party Like It’s 1892!”