Executive Branch

Hillary Clinton Isn’t the First Government Official to Send Secret Messages

Hillary Clinton Isn’t the First Government Official to Send Secret Messages Hillary Clinton Isn’t the First Government Official to Send Secret Messages

From Hoover’s FBI to George W. Bush’s White House, officials have been hiding their communications for decades.

Sep 10, 2015 / Athan G. Theoharis

August 22, 1996: Bill Clinton Ends Welfare As We Know It

August 22, 1996: Bill Clinton Ends Welfare As We Know It August 22, 1996: Bill Clinton Ends Welfare As We Know It

“The death knell of any government-supported vision of an equitable, egalitarian America.”

Aug 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

August 17, 1998: President Bill Clinton Acknowledges an Affair With a White House Intern

August 17, 1998: President Bill Clinton Acknowledges an Affair With a White House Intern August 17, 1998: President Bill Clinton Acknowledges an Affair With a White House Intern

“Clinton’s behavior in the Lewinsky matter has been consistent with the conduct of his presidency.”

Aug 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Herbert Hoover

August 10, 1874: Herbert Hoover is Born August 10, 1874: Herbert Hoover is Born

“The only man in the United States who thoroughly understands this moloch of a machine to which we are all inextricably hitched is Hoover.”

Aug 10, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Nixon

August 9, 1974: Richard Nixon Resigns August 9, 1974: Richard Nixon Resigns

“The debate on Watergate has been a profoundly educative experience and it will continue for a long time.”

Aug 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President

August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President

“He uses words that are ludicrously meaningless.”

Aug 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law

July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law

Was it really a “sweeping new departure in American social legislation”?

Jul 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

July 26, 1948: President Harry Truman Desegregates the US Military

July 26, 1948: President Harry Truman Desegregates the US Military July 26, 1948: President Harry Truman Desegregates the US Military

“Russia's race-equality doctrines create far more serious psychological and propaganda difficulties for the army than did the self-defeating racism of Nazi Germany.”

Jul 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Cuomo and de Blasio

This Is the Real Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party This Is the Real Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party

It’s not Bernie vs. Hillary, as the media would have it. It’s de Blasio vs. Cuomo.

Jul 16, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

John Kerry Iran Deal

With the Nuclear Deal, the US and Iran Start a New Chapter With the Nuclear Deal, the US and Iran Start a New Chapter

Diplomacy prevailed over warmongering. But reactionary forces on all sides are still trying to scuttle the deal.

Jul 14, 2015 / Ali Gharib

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