Penn’s History Department is adding a new political history concentration, giving students the opportunity to explore the evolution of political institutions and state powers on a national and global ...

President-elect Donald Trump calls the recent election results the most historic in U.S. history. Although that may be an exaggeration, it is worthwhile looking at past major political realignments to ...

This special report delves into the political history of Bihar, analysing three distinct periods: the Congress era (1950-77), ...

When scholars from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History attend one of these gatherings, as they do each election, they save everything from hats to buttons to umbrellas to soap Naomi ...

New Year’s Day is a good time to take a long look backward with a cautious eye toward possible futures. My guide here is Real Clear Politics analyst Sean Trende’s 2012 book The Lost Majority, whose ...

LEWISTON, Maine – In October, the professor in my American Parties, Campaigns, and Elections class read aloud some politicians’ quotes about their opponents and asked us to guess who said them. Some ...

The pendulum will swing back. It is a phrase invoked repeatedly, with variation, since Donald Trump’s reelection last November. Cable news anchor Chris Cuomo, Senator Angus King, and pollster Nate ...

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Louisiana’s Huey Long was as close to a dictator as any American governor has ever been. (Library of Congress) The chief justice “has made his decision, now let him enforce it.” President Andrew ...

Taylor Swift has officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. After months of speculation over who Swift would endorse, the Grammy-award winning singer took to Instagram ...