On The Gist, Princeton professor Julian Zelizer offers a corrective for how we think of LBJ and all presidents. His new book is The Fierce Urgency ...

*Our guest, Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer, explores this extraordinary period of time in his book, The Fierce Urgency of Now. It’s ...

The door virtually slammed shut with the 1966 midterm election. Yet as Princeton historian Julian Zelizer recounts in his new book, "The Fierce Urg...

“The problem is it simply keeps the story going,” Mr. Zelizer said. “Now that we are getting closer to a real Republican primary, you can’t have to...

Ava DuVernay's "Selma" chronicles a brutal chapter in America's history. She speaks to Melissa Harris-Perry about how she chose to manage the viole...

Historian Julian Zelizer, author of a new book about LBJ, told The New York Times, “they obviously wanted to create a villain, and really miss who ...

Has a misreading of history informed a misappraisal of Barack Obama? "He doesn't want to undermine that by getting too close or taking too many gif...

"He doesn't want to undermine that by getting too close or taking too many gifts from the sorts of people who are angering a lot of voters right no...

Now, Mr. Christie could look to leverage those RGA relationships to bolster a run for president, said Julian Zelizer, professor of history and publ...

Princeton historian Julian E. Zelizer takes a fresh look at how a confluence of factors—including the Kennedy assassination, the civil rights movem...

But the movie is correct in asserting that Johnson disagreed with civil rights leaders on the timing; he was not ready to actually propose a bill t...

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Princeton University political scientist and historian Julian Zelizer said of the similarly inclined Christie ...

Panelists talked about the various ways historians are seen as public figures. They recounted their own experiences and discussed the changes in ho...

“The debate isn’t just about L.B.J., but about how American politics works,” said Professor Zelizer, who teaches history at Princeton. “Is it a mat...

If Warren forces Clinton to confront these issues and to articulate a stronger response to the economic issues of our days -- creating countervaili...

The announcement of an exploratory committee has generated instant excitement because many Republicans feel that the former governor stands a very ...

CCTV America interviewed Yascha Mounk, a PhD candidate in Harvard University’s Government Department, about the effectiveness of affirmative action...

As one of six grandchildren reared within this prove-your-worth dynamic, I have long searched for a way to understand the inner workings of this wo...

The banks made it easy for Congress, and then made a convincing case for it - over, and over, and over again. And the other side just didn't have t...

“It is the kind of announcement that will shake the Republican field because now there is someone that others can see easily becoming the nominee a...

“It’s a big deal,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of political history at Princeton University. “This is the one person who probably worries (Chr...