Tag: Richard Nixon
Jan. 6 hearing gives primetime exposure to violent footage and dramatic...
Mark Satta, Wayne State University; Claire Leavitt, Grinnell College, and Ken Hughes, University of Virginia
A violent mob of...
How ‘gate’ became the syllable of scandal
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
On June 17, 1972, Washington, D.C., police arrested five men for breaking into...
Steve Bannon faces criminal charges over Jan. 6 panel snub, setting...
Kirsten Carlson, Wayne State University
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is tasked...
Texas voting law builds on long legacy of racism from GOP...
Chris Lamb, IUPUI
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill on Sept....
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...
A brief history of presidents disclosing – or trying to hide...
David E. Clementson, University of Georgia
President Donald Trump went directly to the public and announced via Twitter early on Oct. 2 that “Tonight, @FLOTUS...
If Trump refuses to accept defeat in November, the republic will...
Alexander Cohen, Clarkson University
During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump refused to promise to accept the results of the election. Likewise, in 2020,...
How one man fought South Carolina Democrats to end whites-only primaries...
Bobby J. Donaldson, University of South Carolina
A rusting chain-link fence represents a “color line” for the dead in Columbia, South Carolina. In Randolph Cemetery,...
EXPLORING NATURE
How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...
Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University
Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States....
