Tag: Jimmy Carter
What does the vice president do?
Joshua Holzer, Westminster College
On Jan. 20, Kamala Harris will become vice president of the United States – the first woman, the first person of...
Jimmy Carter’s lasting Cold War legacy
Robert C. Donnelly, Gonzaga University
Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford...
George H.W. Bush laid the foundation for education reform
Jack Schneider, University of Massachusetts Lowell
George H.W. Bush fulfilled his desire – articulated late in his 1988 campaign for president – to be “the...
Presidents often reverse US foreign policy — how Trump handles setbacks...
Charles Hermann, Texas A&M University
The United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, according to a May 8 announcement by President Donald...
What Trump missed in his address on tolerance – American Muslims
David Mislin, Temple University
President Donald Trump, like his predecessors before him, has discovered the potent language of religious tolerance and interfaith unity...
The political work of the Confederate flag
Joseph Crespino, Emory University
The Confederate flag may soon be gone with the wind.
It is a remarkable reversal of fortunes for one of America’s most...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
