A New York Times Editors’ Choice An “essential” (Jane Mayer) account of the dangerous marriage of plutocratic economic priorities and right-wing populist

Explores Jackie Robinson’s compelling and complicated legacy Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, and before Ro

This book explores decision making for members of Congress with state-level constituents weighing state versus national implementation and outcomes.

Traces how the Republican Party in the South after Reconstruction transformed from a biracial organization to a mostly all-white one.

This highly readable narrative history of the Republican Party profiles the G.O.P. from its emergence as an antislavery party during the 1850s to its current pl