The Gilded Age was the era in the late 19th century when business and industry dominated American life as never before or since. It was a period of unprecedented economic growth and technological ...

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In 1836, Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico. In 1899, President William McKinley signed legislation establishing Mount ...

What historic time period is Donald Trump referencing when he says he is making America great again? He does not say, and this is smart because it allows his supporters ...

By making Russia America’s primary supplier, Trump has granted Putin enormous leverage over critical U.S. industries. This ...

America has always stripped the land of its original Indigenous names. It's had surprising climate implications ...

After promising during his election campaign to put import taxes back at the center of US economic policy, President Donald ...

President Donald Trump is slated to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom he called a “dictator.” They are ...

Not democracy’s end but the Gilded Age reborn. Trump’s McKinley obsession reveals imperial ambitions and endless corruption.

Rob Christensen’s new book, “Southern News, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a Century,” comes out ...