Sean Wilentz

is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University....

Truce Time

If the Trump era has taught us anything, it’s that liberals and leftists must combine their energies, not tear each other down. A response to Sean Wilentz.

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It’s Always Sectionalism

Nullification nonsense from West Virginia reignites the classic problem of American politics.

Why We're Still Fighting Over U.S. History

Texas offers a textbook case in how history is (sometimes) just politics by other means.

Weak Tea

Far from getting stronger, the Tea Party is now just another faction within the GOP, and an arriviste one at that. A response to the “Is the Party Over?” symposium.

Is the Party Over?

The Tea Party came out of the October fiscal fiasco looking pretty awful to everyone, that is, except Tea Partiers. With establishment conservatives now starting to push back, what comes next?

Editor's Note

Michael Tomasky introduces Issue #31

Michael Tomasky to Become Editor of Democracy

Michael Tomasky, a highly respected writer and editor with more than 20 years' experience covering American politics and helping to define and update progressive ideas, will join Democracy: A Journal of Ideas as its Editor.