In The News
- in the news | February 09, 2015 | Fellows
Christie's 2016 prospects dented, not demolished, GOP donors and operatives say
The trip to London "certainly wasn't a stunning success," said Julian Zelizer, a professor of political science at Princeton University and a presi... - in the news | February 06, 2015 | Future of War
China Flies its Largest Ever Drone: The Divine Eagle
Peter Warren SingerNew images of testing materials have emerged of China's largest ever UAV, the secretive Divine Eagle. Compared to other Chinese aviation projects l... - in the news | February 06, 2015 | Fellows
Christie's U.K. trip a 'failure,' presidential scholars say
"The vaccine statement wasn't in his best interest," said Zelizer. "It goes against the kind of conservative he's trying to paint himself — a fisca... - in the news | February 06, 2015 | Fellows
History professor lectures on LBJ’s Great Society
“The most iconic image of Lyndon Johnson that I’ve seen … is where he hovered over opponents, where he hovered over his supporters, and he seduced ... - in the news | February 06, 2015 | Fellows
Obama, Slavery, Jim Crow, and Christianity
As Julian Zelizer puts it in his terrific history of the era, southern opponents of Civil Rights legislation saw its proponents as “radical agitato... - in the news | February 05, 2015 | Fellows
Lyndon Johnson and The Great Society
Many of the legislative achievements of the Johnson administration transformed the nation and remain controversial, including the Voting Rights Act... - in the news | February 01, 2015 | Fellows
Christie begins London trade mission, trip includes meeting with prime minister
"I think he's well beyond the point where most voters know exactly what he's up to," said Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian and professor of... - in the news | January 31, 2015 | Fellows
Christie's London trip about 2016 presidential politics, experts say
"I'm sure there's some justification, some connection to the needs of New Jersey, but I think at this point, post setting up the PAC, everything ha... - in the news | January 31, 2015 | Fellows
Romney not running in 2016, a decision that could help Christie
"Both men are competing for to be the Republican-in-a-blue-state candidate who can appeal to a broad coalition and who is most concerned with fisca... - in the news | January 30, 2015 | Fellows
2012 GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney Will Not Run For President In 2016
"Certainly good news for Chris Christie,” Princeton University Public Affairs Professor Julian Zelizer told WCBS 880’s Jim Smith. “They’re competin... - in the news | January 30, 2015 | Fellows
Obama, GOP leaders should take page from LBJ playbook
Starting with Johnson’s first State of the Union address, Jan. 8, 1964, the immediate struggle was over taxes and spending, I learned from a spirit... - in the news | January 30, 2015 | Fellows
Please don't let 'Selma' become a political football
Let's hope that those who seek to turn this debate about "Selma" into accusation and slander, such as dismissing all criticism about the treatment ... - in the news | January 28, 2015 | Fellows
Lobbying tapered off in 2014 amid congressional gridlock
"There’s a lot of value to continuing to show up and build relationships,” Drutman said. “Politics is not a vending machine. You don’t know what wi... - in the news | January 28, 2015 | Fellows
The Transformative Agenda of LBJ
In The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society, Julian E. Zelizer argues that Johnson spearheaded the... - in the news | January 26, 2015 | Fellows
How Obama will be on the ballot in 2016
President Obama needs to keep his eyes on 2016. Realistically, this is the best way that he can bolster his own legacy and that of his party -- hel... - in the news | January 25, 2015 | Fellows
LBJ, Congress and the age of change
"The Great Society changed America not simply beause the parties changed," Zelizer says. "Tthose policies remain enduring and remain an integral pa... - in the news | January 23, 2015 | Fellows
Re-Assessing LBJ
Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer is the author of The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress and the Battle for the Great Soc... - in the news | January 23, 2015 | Fellows
Keystone XL Pipeline May Force Republicans to Embrace Climate Change
Still, the Senate results this week mark some progress in advancing the GOP's acceptance of the climate science, said Julian Zelizer, a history pro... - in the news | January 22, 2015 | Fellows
Breaking down the State of the Union
A Nerding Out panel talks about the purpose of the speech for presidents, and whether Obama met his goals on Tuesday night. - in the news | January 22, 2015 | Fellows
Episode #60: Obama SOTU a Hit; Whither Mitt?
Lots of discussion around #SOTU centered on the president’s legacy. One president whose legacy is now being widely discussed is Lyndon Johnson. His... - in the news | January 22, 2015 | Fellows
How has social media changed the SOTU?
Nerding Out's Dorian Warren talks to a panel about the state of the Union in the age of social media and a rapidly changing media environment. - in the news | January 22, 2015 | Fellows
History and public affairs professor discuss LBJ and the legacy of the Great Society
Today we talk with Julian Zelizer, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton, about his new book The Fierce Urgency of Now:Lyndon Johns...