Hayes-Tilden: The Political Situation Hayes-Tilden: The Political Situation
Long before Richard Nixon and Watergate, the nation suffers through another long political nightmare--the election of 1876.
Apr 24, 2009 / The Editors
The IWW Trial The IWW Trial
The great and sensational case of the United States of America vs. William D. Haywood et al. resulted in a verdict of "Guilty" against the one hundred defendants who finally fa...
Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / Victor S. Yarros
Court Packing Plan: Hughes Checkmates the President Court Packing Plan: Hughes Checkmates the President
Even FDR can't win them all.
Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / Robert S. Allen
Watergate: The Mafia Metaphor Watergate: The Mafia Metaphor
Ron Ziegler may have called it a third-rate burglary, but the men who broke in to the Democratic National Committee headquarters all had a connection to the president's re-election...
Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / The Editors
Lattimore Case: McCarthy’s Vicious Retreat Lattimore Case: McCarthy’s Vicious Retreat
Tailgunner Joe meets his match in the professorial China hand, who won't surrender to the Senator's bullying.
Apr 23, 2009 / Feature / Willard Shelton
The ‘Checkers’ Speech: A Handbook for Demagogues The ‘Checkers’ Speech: A Handbook for Demagogues
Richard Nixon saved his candidacy with his "Checkers" speech. He also gave the nation a lesson in political demagogy.
Apr 23, 2009 / Norman Redlich
We Enter WWI: The American Tradition and the War We Enter WWI: The American Tradition and the War
The past months have witnessed a rebirth of American patriotism. Many of us had been taking the United States almost for granted. It had been to us something like a club in whi...
Apr 23, 2009 / Frederick Lewis Allen
The Detroit Sit-In Strike The Detroit Sit-In Strike
Detroit, and the labor movement itself, is transformed forever, when workers sit down at their jobs at the Briggs Manufacturing Company.
Apr 23, 2009 / Feature / Samuel Romer
The Potsdam Decision The Potsdam Decision
The future of Germany and the chances of a lasting peace in Europe are intertwined. Potsdam took care of one and made a start on the other.
Apr 23, 2009 / Feature / The Editors
SNCC: The Battle-Scarred Youngsters SNCC: The Battle-Scarred Youngsters
A report from the front lines of the civil rights battle in Greenwood, Mississippi—a very dangerous place to be.
Apr 23, 2009 / Feature / Howard Zinn