James Thornton Harris

James Thornton Harris, a journalist and historian, recently served as a contributing editor for the History News Network. He is working on a book about the 1960s.

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Pam Bondi escalates disturbing war on reporters – but the public is “choosing to look away”

Donald Trump and Richard Nixon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The enemies list: Trump takes a page from Nixon’s playbook

James Thornton Harris

Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The right’s 60-year war on higher education

James Thornton Harris

John Lennon, a former "Beatle" with wife, Yoko Ono, during a press conference on April 2, 1973. (Bettmann / Getty Images)

Imagine deportation: When Nixon tried to pull a Trump on John Lennon

James Thornton Harris

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover listens to a speech by President Lyndon Johnson, 1966. (Bettman/Getty Images)

Will Kash Patel turn out to be the next J. Edgar Hoover?

James Thornton Harris

A burned building on Sunset Boulevard during the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA. (Photo by (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Perilous landscape: California’s 250-year struggle to prepare for natural disasters

James Thornton Harris