Tag: andrew jackson
Trump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to...
James L. Perry, Indiana University
On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an...
President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated − but...
Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino
The portrait of President Andrew Jackson has recently made a comeback in the Oval...
Trump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks...
Spencer Goidel, Auburn University
As the nation prepares for a second Donald Trump presidency, some history-minded people may seek...
It’s not just Trump – presidents and politicians have long shredded...
Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino
Donald Trump has achieved something unique: He is the first and only president to...
If Trump refuses to accept defeat in November, the republic will...
Alexander Cohen, Clarkson University
During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump refused to promise to accept the results of the election. Likewise, in 2020,...
1864 elections went on during the Civil War – even though...
Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University
The outlook was not promising in 1864 for President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans had been killed, wounded...
Supreme Court justices in the pews and on the bench –...
Steven K. Green, Willamette University
On Jan. 31, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals...
Can America’s deep political divide be traced back to 1832?
Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University
You’ve probably heard the popular aphorism “to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy.”
But you might not know...
EXPLORING NATURE
At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long...
Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University
As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the...
