Air Force One shouldn’t be seen as only a cool piece of flying technology or a political flash point. Instead, writes a historian, the presidential plane has shaped and defined the modern presidency.
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Centuries of American history foreshadow Donald Trump’s strategy of destruction.
The experiences of Donald Trump’s predecessors remind us of the dangers inherent in the inevitable human frailty of the very powerful.
Some US presidents have been defined by their adept use of the media. Donald Trump’s weapon of choice is his TruthSocial platform.
Donald Trump isn’t the first US president to try to negotiate a peace deal. But he appears to be doing it differently than others.
Donald Trump has cited the Gilded Age era as an inspiration – but experts say it was rife with government and business corruption, social turmoil and inequality.
In US history, there have been many memorable elections – including those involving quick, decisive wins and others subjected to drawn-out legal battles.
History illustrates that voters become galvanized and change their party allegiance when former US presidents run for a nonconsecutive term.
While 4 presidents have been killed, many others have been victims of plots to end their lives − sometimes because of political anger, but many other times for incomprehensible reasons.
Biden’s self-confidence has powered impressive achievements. But has it become too much of a good thing?
Though progressive politics at the turn of the 20th century called for the protection of America’s national parks, it did so for the enjoyment of white people.
Until 1906, no US president had ever traveled abroad in office. Then Teddy Roosevelt demonstrated the power of showing up.
Presidents have family drama, like all other people. Hunter Biden is simply the latest example of a family member who has brought negative attention to a president’s administration.
If Donald Trump decides to leave the Republican Party and start his own, Teddy Roosevelt and the presidential election of 1912 offer the GOP an ominous warning. Hint: The Democrats win.
US President Calvin Coolidge hasn’t gone down in history for his triumphs or failures as president during the 1920s – but his dry sense of humor carries on.
The most successful third parties in US politics don’t typically rise to dominance, but instead challenge the major parties enough to force a course correction.
Only one president has done so – Franklin Delano Roosevelt – but others considered it, and even tried.
As Donald Trump prepares to address the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, here’s how other former presidents have occupied their time after leaving the White House.
President Trump is using religious rhetoric against his Democratic opponents. A historian of religion cites similar attacks over a century ago.
The technical qualifications for presidential candidates are the same, but how people seek the nation’s highest office has shifted over the centuries.
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Emeritus Professor of History, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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Emeritus Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
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Professor of History, Penn State
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Professor of Political Science, Valdosta State University
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Brandeis University
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Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Rhodes College
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Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
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Professor of History and Law Faculty, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
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Adjunct Instructor of History, Central Michigan University
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Professor of History, Lawrence University