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The Year the Clock Broke by John Ganz How the world we live in already happened in 1992.

The Harsh Truth Exposed by the Midterm Elections by Peter Beinart It’s not Trump who is running uphill against American tradition, it’s the people who are trying—with mixed success—to stop him.

Donald Trump borrows from the old tricks of fascism by Timothy Snyder The idea that the powerful are victims who must be coddled arose in a setting that recalls the United States of today.

Lyndon B. Johnson warned us about this by Julian Zelizer Less than 48 hours before the 1966 midterms, just like today, LBJ saw in the electorate a noxious mix of white anger, hatred and resentment.

Democrats’ struggle over masculinity in an election 50 years ago is still playing out today by Aram Goudsouzian In 1968, presidential politics was still a man’s world.

Reigns of Terror in America by Jill Lepore From a 1958 synagogue bombing in Atlanta to the events of recent weeks, the bloody-mindedness of broken men can be countered only by principle and fortitude.

America’s Forgotten Pogroms by David Greenberg In the 1940s, a right-wing group terrorized Jewish communities in Boston and New York while authorities looked the other way. Could it happen again?

Foreign powers interfered in the 1968 election. Why didn’t LBJ stop them? by Arnold A. Offner Was his disdain for his vice president greater than his desire for Democrats to win?

“They Will Not Forgive Us” by James Carroll Donald Trump Welcomes in the Age of “Usable” Nuclear Weapons