Diversity in Congress
The Changing Face of Congress. The 116th United State Congress is the most diverse in American history though it is still much whiter than the […]
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Pearl Harbor
A Day That lives in Infamy. On this day, Dec. 7th, in 1941, the Imperial Army of Japan attacked the Pearl Harbor U.S. naval base […]
The Fairness Doctrine
The Rise of Cable News. Since 1949 public radio and television airwaves were governed by the “fairness doctrine.” This regulatory rule required radio and television […]
The Literary Digest Poll
FDR over Landon. In November 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt defeated his Republican challenger Alfred Landon. This election is notable because the predicted outcome from popular […]
Amending Prohibition
Prohibition Ends: 21st nixes 18th. In 1933, national Prohibition ended when Utah became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to repeal the Eighteenth […]