Opinion

They Used to Rule the West. Now They’re Dying.

It is a familiar conundrum by now. Yet in the opening weeks of 2026 — as President Trump kidnapped a foreign leader, threatened to invade an ally and looked on as federal agents detained and killed ...
KTVU

America Party? A look at how third parties have fared through US history

Elon Musk isn’t the first wealthy businessman to propose a third political party in the U.S. How his "America Party" will compare to other third parties in U.S. history remains to be seen. A day after ...
insider.si.edu

History of U.S. political parties Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., general editor

History of U.S. political parties Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., general editor Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...
The Economist

Political parties are a feature, not a bug, of American democracy, writes H.W. Brands

KINGS EMBODY authority and impose order. Sack your king, as Americans did in their revolution of the 1770s, and you’ve got to find a new source of authority and new ways to ensure order. After a shaky ...
insider.si.edu

Political parties before the Constitution

Part I: Background -- Political Parties Before the Revolution -- The Subject and the Method -- The Issues -- Part II: Political Parties in the States -- Massachusetts -- New York -- New Jersey -- ...
Pew Research Center

Appendix B: Classifying European political parties

Although experts generally agree that populist political leaders or parties display high levels of anti-elitism, definitions of populism vary. We use three measures to classify populist parties: ...