Tag: Richard Nixon
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...
Why Canada shouldn’t always count on special treatment from the U.S.
Christopher Sands, Johns Hopkins University
There were sighs of relief across North America last week when U.S. President Donald Trump announced an exemption for Canada...
Trump and Nunes torch tradition of trust between Congress and FBI
Douglas M. Charles, Pennsylvania State University
President Donald Trump’s attacks on the FBI may have reached a climax.
In an apparent attempt to discredit Robert Mueller’s...
The art of the public apology
Ashraf Rushdy, Wesleyan University
Just prior to his sentencing, former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar formally apologized to the more than 160 women whom he’d...
During Vietnam War, music spoke to both sides of a divided...
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Music is central to Ken Burns’s new Vietnam War documentary, with an original score accompanied by samples of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
