Category: Domestic Issues
Lights, Camera, Debate!
On September 26, 1960, for the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates was broadcast on television. The presidential hopefuls,…
Fear, Loathing, and Raw Courage at Little Rock
On this day in 1957, under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock,…
The Judiciary Act of 1789
On this day, the Judiciary Act of 1789, officially titled “An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States,” was signed into law…
The Sunday Driver, S1, E8: The Decent and The Ruthless
A good but glum Sunday afternoon to you all. Wherever you may be at this moment, please understand that each and all of us are…
I Will Fight No More Forever
On this day in 1904, the remarkable Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph dies on the Colville reservation in northern Washington at the age of 64….
Love Faces Hate
On this day in 1963, a bomb fashioned from 15 sticks of dynamite and set by Klansmen explodes during Sunday morning services in the 16th…
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