Why Kamala Harris should look to 1964

Plus: when the GOP started attacking Dems on inflation |

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By Made by History / Produced by Olivia B. Waxman Since Joe Biden stepped aside in July, the historical comparisons to 1968 have been inescapable. In both cases, experienced Democratic presidents stepped aside enabling their vice presidents to become the party’s presidential nominee. Yet, as Marc Selverstone writes in Made by History, that’s not the episode from Lyndon Johnson’s career that Kamala Harris ought to focus on. Instead, she should look to 1963 and 1964 when Johnson was suddenly thrust into the presidency and successfully unveiled a bold agenda that managed to convince his party’s left flank that he was a liberal, while also appealing to moderates and crossover voters. By sharing — and implementing — an expansive vision that at once captured both the left and the center, Johnson capitalized on the extremism of his opponent, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, and scored a landslide victory. While Harris won’t have the opportunity to implement her vision before Election Day, Selverstone argues that she can unveil a similarly bold, deft agenda beginning at next week’s Democratic Convention. Johnson’s experience teaches that doing so may hold the key to winning in November.               The Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world (and a sponsor of Made by History), annually awards $300,000 each to nine early and mid-career scholars and practitioners in historical disciplines, acknowledging their outstanding achievements to date and to support future work. Anyone can nominate a practitioner in the relevant disciplines, and nominations for the 2025 Prize are open until Sept. 30. For more information visit  dandavidprize.org/nominate .

HISTORY ON TIME.COM Republicans Have Exaggerated About Inflation To Attack Biden. History Suggests That Won’t Change With Harris Atop the Ticket By Johnny Fulfer / Made by History Since the 1950s, the GOP has simplified the causes of inflation in order to blame Democrats. Read More » To Understand What Could Happen on Election Day, Understand the Suburbs By Becky Nicolaides / Made by History Even as they've diversified, suburban politics have remained protectionist at their core — often defying ideological categorization. Read More » The Surprising Legacy of Watergate in Today’s Politics By Bruce J. Schulman / Made by History Well-intentioned reforms in the 1970s produced a parade of unintended consequences that made government less functional and eroded checks and balances. Read More » Why 1984’s Red Dawn Still Matters By Michelle D. Paranzino / Made by History By framing the U.S. as a victim, 'Red Dawn' obscured U.S. aggression in Latin America and elsewhere. Read More » The Perils of Vilifying Chinese Migrants By Meredith Oyen / Made by History As Chinese migrants arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, politicians are reviving old anti-Chinese rhetoric that has done lasting harm. Read More » Segregated Beaches in Chicago; the History of the Freedom Waders at Rainbow Beach By TIME Video Freedom Waders is a short documentary by Alex S. Hinton about Velma and Norman Hill, who confronted mob violence to integrate Chicago's beaches at the height of the civil rights movement. Read More »

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FROM THE TIME VAULT This week in 1979: Diane Lane John G. Zimmerman The Aug. 13, 1979, cover of TIME “[A] trend is flowering unexpectedly and delightfully: for some reason that no one even pretends to be able to explain, an unusual number of extremely gifted young women and girls really are making their presence felt in films…‘Essentially, it’s my social life with boys that is being sacrificed,’” says Diane. She attends a school for professional children when she is in New York, and “‘I’m nervous walking into a school dance.’” She is afraid that boys will think she doesn’t want to be bothered by such unprofessional matters as dating. The trouble with that, she says a little plaintively is that “‘I want to be bothered.’” Read More » This week in 1984: Carl Lewis Neil Leifer The Aug. 13, 1984, cover of TIME “Anyone who has watched him train knows that the world’s fastest human does everything slowly except run. He is slow to start his workout. His warmup is usually a slow jog once around the track. He spends a lot of time talking and walking, slowly…At the podium as on the track, Lewis is a practiced performer. He even critiqued the inquiries. ‘That’s a great question,’ he told a British journalist who asked him whether he was running for the money or rather, like Jesse Owens, to become a folk hero for mankind. ‘My objective,’ he answered forthrightly, ‘is to be the role model, not the rich man.’” Read More » This week in 2000: Tiger Woods HERB RITTS The Aug. 14, 2000, cover of TIME “He told his coach he wanted to make serious changes in the way he struck the ball. The history of such efforts is not auspicious. Some fine golfers–Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Chip Beck–have revamped their swing and never returned to their earlier glory. What was Woods thinking? ‘I knew I wasn’t in the greatest positions in my swing at the Masters,’ Woods said during an exclusive interview last week. ‘But my timing was great, so I got away with it. And I made almost every putt. You can have a wonderful week like that even when your swing isn’t sound. But can you still contend in tournaments with that swing when your timing isn’t as good? Will it hold up over a long period of time? The answer to those questions, with the swing I had, was no. And I wanted to change that.’” Read More »

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