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Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history, including at one of the nation’s key sites of public history-making: the Smithsonian. George Orwell would recognize Trump’s impulse.
The former US president was widely criticised for his time in government, but his work on leaving office came to exemplify what a post-presidential life could entail.
While 4 presidents have been killed, many others have been victims of plots to end their lives − sometimes because of political anger, but many other times for incomprehensible reasons.
Donald Trump often speaks of an America in decline. Kamala Harris counters with a rival emotional appeal centered around excitement and joy.
At the time of independence, Pennsylvania was also at the geographical center of the 13 original Colonies. It remains a focal point of American politics, and a swing state.
Many people think the first lady is the only person who can persuade her husband to quit his bid for a second term.
Younger generations today agree more on key national issues than older generations do. A time of intense polarization may be ending.
Hundreds of Australians wrote to Jackie Kennedy after her husband was killed. The letters paint a revealing portrait of who we were and who we wanted to be.
While other countries set strict limits on the length of campaigns, American presidential races have become drawn-out, yearslong affairs. It wasn’t always this way.
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Associate Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York
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Professor of Political Science, Drake University
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Adjunct Professor of History, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Erie Campus, Penn State
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Professor of Political Science, Hamline University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of History, American University
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Professor & Director, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University