Tag: Richard Nixon
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,...
Senators’ silence suggests they may be taking their impeachment trial duty...
Lynne H. Rambo, Texas A&M University
Several Republican senators have taken a “vow of silence” on the impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives.
Maine...
Nixon and Reagan tried closing the border to pressure Mexico –...
Aileen Teague, Brown University
Just a week ago, President Donald Trump appeared poised to take the drastic step of closing the U.S.-Mexico border to both...