Articles on Ronald Reagan

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A brief history of presidential lethargy


How Central American migrants helped revive the US labor movement

GOP President Ronald Reagan and Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill at the April, 1983 signing of bipartisan social security legislation. AP/Barry Thumma

Congress used to pass bipartisan legislation – will it ever again?

Most Congresses since the 1970s have passed more than 500 laws, ranging from nuclear disarmament to deficit reduction. Will today's bitter partisanship hamstring the new Congress' productivity?
President George H.W. Bush in 1990. Mark Reinstein/

George H.W. Bush laid the foundation for education reform

A ‘no border wall’ sign is held during a rally to oppose the wall the US government wants to build. AP Photo/Eric Gay

What exactly is the point of the border?

Conflicts about policing the border have erupted in much of the world. How people respond depends on the many distinct visions of what borders are meant to be protecting.

Revisiting Jimmy Carter’s truth-telling sermon to Americans


What next for the EPA? Here’s what Reagan did


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