That was the true message of Trump’s victory. K. Ward Cummings is an essayist and social critic. He lives in Baltimore.

Less than a third of Americans want to keep the Electoral College, one survey found. Here's how this system is used to elect ...

I still believe Jefferson and Washington, though flawed, were highly evolved for their time. I also believe that if every ...

The framers of our Constitution expected these divisions. They called them “factions.” James Madison discussed this problem ...

They pointed toward the Federalist Papers as insight into the Electoral College, in which Hamilton wrote about who should determine the election and the qualities these men would have. The ...

The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United ...

Explore key historical events from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, including the first Federalist Paper, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the ...

A veteran of the War of 1812, Buchanan began his career as part of the Federalist Party, but gravitated to the ... but at the time of his death he ordered all his personal papers burned. Perhaps the ...

President-elect Donald Trump has suggested he wants to use “recess appointments” to confirm his Cabinet nominees when he ...

As American civic life has become increasingly shaped by algorithms, trust in government has plummeted. Is there any turning ...

On Oct. 27, 1998, Hurricane Mitch, one of the strongest recorded Atlantic storms, began a four-day siege of Central America, ...