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Violence in Chicago

The New York Times described the scene at the 1968 Democratic National Convention as a “pitched battle.” Violence outside the convention hall reflected deep fissures within the Democratic Party and in society as a whole. Questions about the Vietnam War, the credibility of establishment institutions, racial progress, and cultural upheaval all spilled onto the streets

Trump vs. GOP

Chris Lu discusses statements by concern by Gary Cohn and Rex Tillerson

Chris Lu

Our viewpoint: Polk, the man and the president, offers us a conflicted legacy

Some historians scoffed, saying Lee and other Confederate leaders cannot be equated with Washington and Jefferson, both slave owners from Virginia. “It’s the difference between a monument to the founder of our nation, and a monument to a key figure in an effort to break apart the nation,” Douglas Blackmon, a historian at the University of Virginia, told The Washington Post. “The most kind explanation of that can only be ignorance, and I don’t say that to insult the president.”

Douglas Blackmon

Miller Center presidential tapes featured in new Vietnam War documentary

The Vietnam War is the focus of a new PBS documentary produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Marc Selverstone, associate professor in presidential studies at the Miller Center and specialist of the Cold War and the Vietnam War, discussed his role as a consultant for the film at the Miller Center yesterday. WMRA's Marguerite Gallorini reports.

Marc Selverstone

The perils of electing a celebrity-in-chief

As a presidential historian, Barbara Perry is acutely aware that some have been more successful at one of those elements than the other. But in her view, the current chief executive has managed to utterly fail at both. And that, she argues, will have long-term consequences.

Barbara Perry

At least 69 people have now quit Trump’s White House advisory groups

Chris Lu, former Deputy Secretary of Labor under Obama, helped chair the AAPI commissioned for the administration. He sees the spate of resignations — and the administration’s cold response — as part of a larger trend of the Trump White House devaluing outside counsel.

Chris Lu