Julian E. Zelizer is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of The Long View, a newsletter putting the news in perspective.
Temporary television antenna is adjusted by a worker from US Steel's American Bridge Company atop the Empire State Building in New York on Oct. 26, 1950.
Cecilia Rouse, the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on Feb. 17, 2022.
A vintage poster shows a hand holding a social security check. The U.S. capitol is in the background. Lettering reads: A monthly check to you — for the rest of your life ... beginning when you are 65.
Donald Trump tips a white hard hat from his head as he stands behind a microphone on a well-lit stage with a crowd out of focus behind him in the darkness.
A staff member arranges a set of executive orders on a desk for U.S. President Donald Trump to sign during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20.
Ronald Reagan smiles and lifts his clasped hands together. Nancy Reagan in a blue dress and hat with golden accessories looks to the right smiling. A U.S. flag and two other men are seen behind them.
