Von Drehle is the author of Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
David Von Drehle is an editor-at-large for TIME, where he has covered politics, breaking news and the Supreme Court since 2007. He is the author of four books, including Abraham Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year, published in 2012, and Triangle: The Fire That Changed America.
In 2013, the audacious upstart shut down the government on a hopeless quest to stop the President’s signature policy. Love him or hate him, he is a vision of the future
Why the family in charge of The New York Times doesn’t have to sell
Iconic paper’s sale to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos cements the end of our monopoly-media era.
Abraham Lincoln was, on balance, an astute judge of character, but now and then he made a mistake…
The thread running through all these cases is the possibility of change in American society. The differing reactions suggest what sorts of change Americans believe in.
Racially-troubled counties no longer need federal ok to change local election laws.
The lasting impact of the fire at the Triangle Waist Co., New York’s largest manufacturer of women’s blouses — then called “shirtwaists” — had little to do with tender hearts, and everything to do with political power.
The gay and lesbian community has gone from Stonewall to the altar in two generations
Arthur Laffer’s supply-side magic hits Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, forcing a legislative limbo to see which state’s income tax rate can drop the lowest.
Democrats might tweak immigration reform to make Republican opposition inevitable and hit them in 2014 for being obstructionist. This could hurt Dreamers by giving courts enough time to void Obama’s Executive Order
