The Gilded Age was a study in contrasts. Immigrants arrived in New York City with little to nothing in their pockets, while just uptown some of the richest men and women in America built mansions ...

Donald Trump's impressive 2024 victory, sweeping in a Republican Congress on his coattails, has prompted much talk about “realignment”—evidence of the arrival of a new, sustainable MAGA coalition in ...

Both eras also experienced "increased immigration, changing demography, and a decline in standing for less-educated rural whites." As wealth inequality skyrocketed during the first Gilded Age ...

Illinois, New Jersey, and, especially, New York, where the Democrats’ immigrant-fueled city machine vied with the powerful ...