John Birch Society

In small-town Wisconsin, looking for the roots of the modern American conspiracy theory

Politics
Amanda Smith

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little ...

The History That Makes It So Difficult for Republicans to Pick a Speaker of the House

Politics
Amanda Smith

A 1962 sign at Stratton, Colo., shows damage from attempts to destroy it. Erected by the John Birch Society, billboard calls for ...