presidents
2024 Election: Do the Trump Indictments and Ballot Removals Mean Anything?
The 2024 election cycle already includes criminal trials and likely Supreme Court hearings. Here’s what to know.
By Fortesa Latifi
How a White House Maid Brought Racial Inequality to FDR’s Desk
Lizzie McDuffie says her job “became a small crusade.”
By Sarah Fling and Cameron Katz
Lizzo Played a Dead President’s 200-Year-Old Crystal Flute Onstage
No one has ever heard the flute before — it’s about damn time.
By Sara Delgado
Meet the Woman Who Helped Blow the Whistle on the Watergate Scandal
Until her death, Martha Mitchell was defamed, discredited, and ridiculed.
By Marilyn La Jeunesse
Chile’s New President Really, Really Loves Taylor Swift
“Hugs from the south Taylor.”
By Lex McMenamin
The 2020 Election Was Not a Victory for Women
Inauguration Day left me heartbroken.
By Naava Ellenberg
George W. Bush Cannot Paint Over His Legacy
The man who launched the War on Terror has released a book of portraits of immigrants.
By Barbara Sostaita
The Real National Emergency Is Trump's Exploitation of the Power of the Presidency
He is a con man who has been allowed to get too close to the levers of real power.
By Lucy Diavolo
These 8 Men Prove That Sexual Misconduct Allegations Have Long Been a Part of U.S. Politics
From Grover Cleveland to Brett Kavanaugh, here's how politicians survived scandals.
By Emily Bloch