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I promised that I’d use Campaign Trails to offer historical perspectives on breaking news, and we certainly had that last night with the stunning revelation that Donald Trump will soon be indicted on federal charges. Trump and his allies are already claiming that a federal indictment of a former
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I already had a nice debut post scheduled for Monday, but the news of Pat Robertson’s passing warrants a post today. Though many people know Robertson for his effort to put the agenda of conservative Christians on the national radar — through his presidential campaign in 1988 and through his
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Welcome to Campaign Trails! I’m an American historian who’s spent the last three decades researching, writing and teaching about some of the most important developments in the United States across the twentieth century — the rise of modern conservatism, the civil rights movement, religious nationalism, and a wide range