This is the first in a series of posts putting current American politics in historical perspective, beginning with the 1790s. In Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815 ...

Today, however, democracy is facing challenges in part because the pathways to real estate ownership are increasingly out of reach. The homeownership rate in the U.S. has dropped from 69% before the ...

you would have thought that it was invented specifically for the early American republic. It's remarkable how well attuned it is to the needs of people in the wake of the American Revolution.

Early on, in the mid-20 th century ... Karp and Zamiska risk confusing a major feature of the contemporary American republic ...

Many residents and visitors to Jefferson County may be familiar with the infamous raid of abolitionist John Brown on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859, a precursor to ...