Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their government. In his era, elite southern enslavers insisted that government had no ...

Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...

Trump won Michigan by around 80,000 votes—and urban Wayne County accounts for virtually all of it. Yes, the explanation ...

Happy birthday Abraham Lincoln. He’s 216. The McLean County Museum of History is hallmarking Lincoln’s Feb. 12 birthday with the start of a coloring contest to celebrate Lincoln and work on a mural ...

DeRemer, a former congresswoman backed by unions, as secretary of labor. Is it a sign of an improved relationship between ...

America has a rich history of third parties in politics. The Republican party started off as a third party and quickly became ...

Figuring out the ever-changing political landscape in the United States can be challenging. This is especially the case if ...

In Wednesday’s Daily Take I mentioned Russell Kirk and the origins of today’s hard right GOP. A few people replied with, “Who’s that?” and similar questions; others were incredulous that Republicans ...

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

to move away from the chaos that was started by Matt in the Republican Party, in Congress. And they're ready for an alternative option for change. Someone who's going to represent them duly up on the ...

The House GOP majority was already tiny. As a Florida Republican resigns to join Team Trump, the party's troubles just got a little worse. By Steve Benen After Donald Trump’s presidential ...