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The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...
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Donald Trump goes on bizarre rant with wild boast about power of tariffs in 19th century
President Donald Trump is looking to history to back up his tariff plan – though the numbers don’t quite add up. The ...
What’s up with Trump’s fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents?
Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, historians said.
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Mattarella says 19th-century power politics are back
(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 13 - President Sergio Mattarella said Monday that 19th-century power politics are back in today's world. "It is a period of great international tensions due to the many ...
Trump’s emerging foreign policy is a disturbing 19th-century throwback
Nations pursuing “spheres of influence” set the stage for World War I.
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Back in the 19th Century, Your Election Ballot Could Double as a Work of Art
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Allen County Public Library In the mid-19th century, election ballots were created by political parties, not the government. Local ...
Stuck in the past: Trump tariffs and other policies are dragging the U.S. back to the 19th century
The Trump administration’s current use of 19th-century tools to solve 20th-century problems threatens to take America back to ...