‘Voter fraud’ is a myth that helps Republicans win, even when their policies aren’t popular by Heather Cox Richardson The myth of voter fraud persists only because it is ingrained in modern politics, after a decades-long effort by Republicans to portray Democratic votes, and especially African-American votes, as fundamentally suspect.

America Descends Into the Politics of Rage by Joanne Freeman Trump and other practitioners may reap short-term gains, but history suggests they will provoke a fearsome backlash.

Georgia election fight shows that black voter suppression, a southern tradition, still flourishes by Frederick Knight Georgia, like many southern states, has suppressed black voters ever since the 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote in 1870. The tactics have simply changed over time.

Trump’s Powerful Theory of Politics by Julian E. Zelizer The president has built his approach around a simple proposition: Republicans will always come home.

Flunking an exam with historical facts? by Sam Wineburg Let’s teach why history really matters.

For Trump, foreign policy is all about the money by Max Boot It’s a recipe for failure.

“I am a Nationalist” – Donald Trump apes Mussolini in Drive to destroy America by Juan Cole He is, of course, saying this to shore up support among white nationalists.

At 63, I Threw Away My Prized Portrait of Robert E. Lee by Stanley McChrystal I was raised to venerate Lee the principled patriot—but I want no association with Lee the defender of slavery.

It’s time to make Election Day a holiday — in law and spirit by Holly Jackson We need to bring back the celebratory atmosphere that animated Election Day in the 19th century.

Capitol Hill needs Thomas Paine memorial by Jeff Biggers Amazingly, there is still no statue or memorial in Washington to Thomas Paine, the immigrant writer and soldier who galvanized the American Revolution in one of the darkest times in our nation's history with his writings.