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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Elizabeth King ## Elizabeth King [_Elizabeth King_](http://www.elizabethcking.com) _is a Chicago-based writer covering politics and pop culture._ ## Elizabeth King *  Apr 27, 2017 ### [Presidents Haven't Always Had to Worry About Their First 100 Days. Here's How That Started](https://time.com/4755723/trump-fdr-first-100-days-history/) The American political tradition of examining a President's first 100 days in office goes back to 19... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Apr 18, 2017 ### [Americans' Feelings About Paying Taxes Have Changed. Here's How](https://time.com/4742304/american-tax-attitudes-evolution/) History shows that Americans are generally more worried about the way the income tax is applied than... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Feb 8, 2017 ### [A Filibuster on a Supreme Court Nomination Is So Rare It's Only Worked Once](https://time.com/4659403/neil-gorsuch-filibuster-abe-fortas/) Here's how it happened [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Feb 3, 2017 ### [This Is What Happened Last Time a Cabinet Nomination Was Rejected](https://time.com/4653593/cabinet-rejection-john-tower/) Only nine nominees in presidential-cabinet history have been denied confirmation, and only one in re... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jan 20, 2017 ### [4 Protests to Know About Before the Women's March on Washington](https://time.com/4636173/protests-before-womens-march-on-washington/) The protests planned to follow Donald Trump's Inauguration are part of a long tradition [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Sep 6, 2016 ### [A Brief History of the Modern Backpack](https://time.com/4477959/a-brief-history-of-the-modern-backpack/) For a long time, backpacks were for serious hikers, while sudents carried their books by hand [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jul 15, 2016 ### [How Convention Rules Committees Have Shaped American History](https://time.com/4406711/convention-rules-committees-history/) For both parties, rules committees are able to alter the way nominating conventions work—sometimes t... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  May 17, 2016 ### [The Long Story Behind Presidential Campaign Buttons and Pins](https://time.com/4336931/campaign-buttons-history/) Political buttons still pack a major punch in only a few inches of circular space [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Apr 26, 2016 ### [How the U.S. Ended Up With Today's Paper Ballots](https://time.com/4305508/paper-ballot-history/) The early version makes the modern paper ballot look pretty high-tech [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Apr 26, 2016 ### [Stressed? Blame the 2016 Election.](https://time.com/4299527/election-mental-health/) Here's what you can do about it [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-king/","name":"Elizabeth King"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-king/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-king/"},"name":"Elizabeth King","jobTitle":"","description":"Elizabeth King is a Chicago-based writer covering politics and pop culture.","url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-king/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```