Nixon Today
Podcast: Irv Gellman on the Alger Hiss Case
Irwin F. Gellman is Author of "The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961 [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/262528392" params="color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" width="100%" height="20" iframe="true" /]...
10 Things You Need to Know About Nixon the Congressman
1. Richard Nixon won his first congressional election in 1946, where he defeated incumbent New Deal Democrat Jerry Voorhis in California’s 12th district. This would be the first of many political victories for Nixon; he also won political elections in the years 1950,...
Earth Day: Remembering Nixon’s Green Legacy
[youtube https://youtu.be/kdVa4Ho_paQ] April 22, 2016: The Nixon administration initiated many of the most important - and enduring - environmental policies in American history.
Podcast: Michael Massing on Nixon’s Drug Policy
"The Fix: Under the Nixon Administration, America Had an Effective Drug Policy. WE SHOULD RESTORE IT." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/259909134" params="color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" width="100%" height="20"...
Pat Nixon’s Many Firsts
[youtube https://youtu.be/rucJXEty1lc] Pat Nixon recorded many important "firsts" as First Lady. The students of Maree Farring Elementary School in Baltimore give us a little history lesson.
Podcast: The Life and Legacy of First Lady Pat Nixon
Bob Bostock was Author of the Pat Nixon Centennial Exhibit at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in 2012. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/251889525" params="color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" width="100%" height="20"...
The Burden of Bretton Woods
“Only a truly convincing shift to new policies of prudence and restraint can accomplish this all-important objective.” — Richard Nixon, 1968 Campaign When President Nixon took office in 1969, inflation, excessive balance of payments deficits and a...
Black History Month: President Nixon and School Desegregation
[youtube https://youtu.be/FbqMqgcxvzo] Did you know President Nixon did more to desegregate schools than any other president since the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954? In 1968, 68% of black children in the South were attending all-black schools. By 1974,...
Long before first black president, Nixon forged strong civil rights legacy
With President Obama now in the final year of his presidency, the discussions on the editorial pages and talk shows about his legacy will predictably increase in frequency. Some of that discussion, especially during this Black History Month, will understandably...
The Nixon Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan
“Without adequate health care, no one can make full use of his or her talents and opportunities. It is thus just as important that economic, racial and social barriers not stand in the way of good health care as it is to eliminate those barriers to a good...