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Adolf Hitler and his entourage take a stroll in Paris on June 23, 1940 / German Federal...
Map of the Peterloo Massacre depicting the location and movements of protestors and soldiers at St Peter’s...
Pottery ostraka identifying Themistocles, 482 BCE. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be ostracised from the polis....
Many pollsters have been asked to explain why they didn’t better predict the 2016 election. 3dfoto/shutterstock.com When political polls are...
Photo by Tomas Sobek, Unsplash Deliberation and discussion between people with open minds is the cornerstone of...
Dolly the elephant and Dottie the donkey. AP Photo/Bob Schutz The true number of people who do not...
Protesters kick in the window at Concordia University as they try to stop a speech by former...
It is more than an inalienable individual right; it is fundamental to human progress. That is why...
This great writer, great naturalist, and great advocate of self-reliant individualism was also one of the founding fathers...
Rose Schneiderman, an unsung forerunner of the #MeToo movement, organized women to fight for laws to protect...
(Left-to-right) Carrie Clyde Holly, Clara Cresshingham and Frances Klock They had to convince a majority of men in...
America’s founding fathers read intently Gibbon’s account of how Augustus eviscerated the Roman republic’s remaining premises even...
Ostraka for Ostracism / Museum of the Ancient Agora, Wikimedia Commons Although the Greek city-states differed in...
What do fascists do before they manage to establish a fascist dictatorship? By Marc Brodine / 01.12.2017...
Image by Dr. Case, Flickr, Creative Commons Léonie de Jonge (PhD candidate in the Department of Politics...
Tea Party protest at the National Mall on September 12, 2009 / Photo by NYyankees51, Wikimedia Commons...
As the United States became a major industrial power, conflict between workers and factory owners intensified. Read...
Radical pamphleteer Thomas Paine advocated a republic: a state without a king. By Dr. P. Scott Corbett,...
1952 Democratic Convention / Wikimedia Commons People gain an understanding and acceptance of the political culture of...
Green Dragon Tavern, Union Street. Engraver: Russell. 1898 (approximate). Copy photograph from engraving by Russell of the...
The divide between right and left seems unbridgeable, presenting long-term challenges to the American government’s ability to...
Political parties thrive when they are able to manage the media and effectively promote their candidates, leaders,...
Walter Lippmann / Public Domain The interwar period was a moment of deep crisis everywhere. By Dr....
History tells us that midterm elections are bad — sometimes very bad — for the party that...
Wikimedia Commons It is essential to move beyond electoral politics to understand the way the far right...
Executives from the financial institutions who received TARP funds, Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein, JPMorgan...
“Republican election yard signs” by TheDigitel Beaufort, Creative Commons In theory, political candidates who have the widest appeal...
Shutterstock Critics like that anonymous op-ed writer have no problem with how Trump’s actually hurting people. They...
“Look beneath the surface of just about any progressive cause — voting rights, prison reform, income inequality, data privacy,...