Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many
It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling ...
Slouching toward Mount McKinley: Trump and the end of the American century
Moving on from such fractured facts and scrambled history, Trump suggested the foreign policy principles that would guide his ...
McKinley 1967: Triumph and Tragedy. Part II
McKinley witnessed two pivotal mountaineering moments. This is Part 2, the story of one of the worst tragedies ever on a ...
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A model president for our moment: Trump has turned to the example of William McKinley
When President Donald Trump pulled William McKinley from the outer reaches of American history and hailed his presidency as a model for today’s U.S. leadership, he harked back to the ...
McKinley 1967: Triumph and Tragedy. Part I
McKinley witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. This is Part 1, the story of McKinley's first winter ascent ...
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Slouching Towards Mount McKinley
In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected ...
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The most unusual thing that unified this small California community
A small California town in the Central Sierra Nevada isn't a typical tourist destination. But over the last two months, residents coalesced around a new monument that drew attention from around the ...