Oregon-raised historian Marc James Carpenter’s book reveals how misunderstood former Governor Joseph Lane’s legacy was even ...

Prof. Jackson Lears has an excellent review of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book in The New Republic. The book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of ...

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At left, sculptor Adelaide Johnson, National Woman’s Party activist Dora Lewis, and social reformer Jane Addams in front of statue of pioneer suffragists as it is installed in the U.S. Capitol in 1921 ...

"Susan Watkins and Women Artists of the Progressive Era” can be seen at January 11, 2026, at the Chrysler Museum of Art.

The Progressive Era and Race: Reform and Reaction, 1900–1917, by David W. Southern, Wheeling, W.V.: Harlan Davidson, 240 pages, $15.95 The Progressive movement swept America from roughly the early ...

A new progressive era is dawning in America, and almost nothing Republicans can do will hold back the tide — unless Republicans destroy democracy altogether (more on this in a moment). Start with the ...

America is in the midst of a crisis that needs no introduction. Ideological warfare and policy paralysis in Washington. Declining economic well-being among the mass of Americans combined with ...

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920, was vibrant with reforms and programs designed to create a more equitable and healthier society. The era followed the Gilded Age, when industrialists flaunted their ...

Ron Suskind: I think it's safe to say that a year into the Trump presidency there is a lot of momentum and enthusiasm in opposing Donald Trump. There's no doubt that's the core of this activist energy ...

Democrat Joe Biden appears to have ousted Donald Trump from the White House, yet for many Democrats and progressives the results of the election have produced mostly disillusionment, even despair. The ...