Sep 16, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
In April, the Office of National Drug Control Policy requested a $25.4 billion budget for 2014. The total budget would be divided as such: $10.7 billion allocated to prevention and treatment, $9.6 billion for domestic law enforcement, $3.7 billion for interdiction,...
Sep 10, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
“Our States and cities find themselves sinking in a welfare quagmire, as caseloads increase, as costs escalate, and as the welfare system stagnates enterprise and perpetuates dependency.” RN, Address to the Nation on Domestic Programs August 8, 1969 Despite...
Sep 9, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, The New Nixon
Transportation planning, especially in metropolitan areas such as greater Los Angeles, necessitates greater attention and priority of policy makers and community members. When congestion and stop-and-go traffic on highways become the norm of every working person’s...
Aug 31, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Supreme Court, Vietnam
During the past week there were countless articles, video clips, and broadcasts marking the fiftieth anniversary of the March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom – the event on the Mall involving up to 300,000 people gathered to promote civil and economic rights,...
Aug 26, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
By Marshall Garvey Among President Nixon’s many underrated accomplishments, perhaps his greatest is his substantial legacy in civil rights. While the movement’s defining laws, The Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965), were signed by President Lyndon...
Aug 24, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
Newly released documents detail how President Nixon made equality for women a top priority in his administration. The materials, among the 1,400 pages of other textual material from the National Archives, shed light on his vision and drive to bring women into...
