Douglas Wilson has a modest proposal to improve American life: He wants to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that, under the Voting Rights Act, Congressional districts can no longer be drawn along racial ...

St. Louis once was the nation’s fourth-largest, home to five national political conventions, major railroad networks, ...

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You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The late 19th century was a dismal time in American politics. Corruption ran rampant. Congress ...