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  1. Madly For Adlai

    By Thomas B. Morgan, August/September 1984, Volume 35, Issue 5

    The masses and the media made waves for the Stevenson campaign of 1960 and almost upset John F. Kennedy’s bid for the Democratic nomination. The waves have been felt ever since. More >>>

  2. How We Got Lincoln

    By Peter Andrews, November 1988, Volume 39, Issue 7

    Every presidential election is exciting when it happens. Then the passing of time usually makes the outcome seem less than crucial. But after more than a century and a quarter, the election of 1860 retains its terrible urgency. More >>>

  3. The Knave Of Boston

    By Francis Russell, August 1976, Volume 27, Issue 5

    IN ALL THE PACK, DAN COAKLEY DESERVED TO BE CALLED More >>>

  4. What Trent Meant

    By Kevin Baker, April/May 2003, Volume 54, Issue 2

    …And The Real Secret In Strom Thurmond’s Past More >>>

  5. Working For The Union

    By William Serrin, February/March 1985, Volume 36, Issue 2

    At a time of crisis for American labor, an organizer looks back on the turbulent fifty-year career that brought him from the shop floor to the presidency of the United Automobile Workers. More >>>

  6. Veto

    By Allan L. Damon, February 1974, Volume 25, Issue 2

    The veto is without question the most powerful single weapon available to the President under the Constitution. It places him squarely in the center of the lawmaking process, on an equal footing w More >>>

  7. Feminist

    By Eleanor Clift, October 2004, Volume 55, Issue 5

    Overrated Ally McBeal made her debut in 1997 and for the next five years was the most analyzed female character on television. A graduate of Harvard Law School working at a high-powered Boston la More >>>

  8. The First Hurrah

    By Louis W. Koenig, April/may 1980, Volume 31, Issue 3

    Presidential candidates stayed above the battle until William Jennings Bryan stumped the nation in 1896; they’ve been in the thick of it ever since More >>>

  9. Nevermore

    By Kevin Baker, November 2000, Volume 51, Issue 7

    Old-style politics and the death of Edgar Allan Poe More >>>

  10. The Boodling Boss And The Musical Mayor

    By Bruce Bliven, December 1959, Volume 11, Issue 1

    A corrupt lawyer and his complaisant ally ran San Francisco as their private preserve until a crusading editor toppled their plots and schemes, and sent one of them to jail More >>>

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