Matthew Karp

Matthew Karp is an assistant professor of history at Princeton University and the author of This Vast Southern Empire: Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy.

The Transformation of Bernie Sanders

The Transformation of Bernie Sanders The Transformation of Bernie Sanders

How the Vermont senator went from a third-party independent to a 2020 frontrunner. 

May 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp

Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser

Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser

He fought to remake the center—not yield to it.

Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp

The Enduring Struggle

The Enduring Struggle The Enduring Struggle

Frederick Douglass’s radical vision of democratic politics.

Mar 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp

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