Birmingham Church Bombing
Dark Day in Civil Rights Era. In one of the attacks against African Americans in 1963, four young African American girls were killed when a bomb […]
Linked Content
Trust in the Media
A Failure of a Linkage Institution? The media is one of several critical linkage institutions that connect the American people to politics and government. Historically, […]
Senator Edward Brooke
A Civil Rights Milestone. In January 1966, Republican Edward Brooke was sworn in as Massachusetts’ senator. As the Twentieth Amendment dictates, Congress opens on January […]
The Gallup Poll
Reliable Measures of Public Opinion. Some of the most reliable polling comes from the Gallup Poll. George Gallup is the father of modern day polling […]
Term Limits
How to Fix Congress? One of the most commonly urged solutions to fix the performance and perception of Congress is to enact term limits. The […]