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President Obama presents Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, January 12, 2017.
How the Vice President Can Serve as the President’s Most Unbiased Adviser
President Reagan in February 1985.
Will the GOP Find a New Reagan?
The London meeting to discuss NATO military intervention in Libya, March 29, 2011.
Secretary Clinton — Leader or Figurehead?
Veterans Day Poster 1980.
Keeping Veterans Day Alive
William Calley Jr. mugshot for charges involving the My Lai massacre.
Was William Calley a Scapegoat?
Rep Joe WIlson fan club with a poster that reads, "You lie!"
Brooks to Thurmond to Wilson
Monti's parents receive his Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the White House, September 17, 2009.
Leave the Medal of Honor Alone!
The original Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary, known popularly as the Treaty of Tripoli, written in Arabic, signed 4 November 1796.
Obama Disregards History in Favor of Diplomacy
The Warren Court (1953–1969).
Blending Empathy and Justice
Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” Speech.
How Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” Speech Still Matters
The four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court.
Should Catholic Justices Recuse Themselves on Certain Cases?
Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Attacks on Sotomayor Ignore Court’s History and Makeup
The Wilds' former home in Detroit, MI.
Requiem: Detroit and the Fate of Urban America
The Industrial Workers of the World poster "Pyramid of Capitalist System" (1911).
Is Greed Good? It Depends on the Times
1935 cartoon by Vaughn Shoemaker in which he parodied the New Deal as a card game with alphabetical agencies.
The Auto Bailout: a Bad Deal
Rush hour traffic in Interstate 95 in Miami.
Finally, Too Many Cars
The federal government commissioned a series of public murals from the artists it employed: William Gropper's Construction of a Dam (1939) is characteristic of much of the art of the 1930s, with workers seen in heroic poses, laboring in unison to complete a great public project.
Guess What? The New Deal Worked!
Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington DC.
Bicentennial for Two Great Emancipators
Wartime poster. Canada. The Bureau of Public Information was created in September 1939 to disseminate information about Canada’s war policies.
Can the New Administration Keep Canada as an Ally in Afghanistan?
Laura Bush May 18, 2008.
The Legacy of a Lady
Image of President Carter displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC. Portrait by Robert Templeton.
Obama Can Learn from Jimmy Carter, Too
Image of Jimmy Carter during his ‘Malaise’ Speech.
Should Obama Deliver Another ‘Malaise’ Speech?
Drawing/wood engraving of the state capitol of Illinois at Springfield.
Can Illinois Again Lead by (Bad) Example?
British PM Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush meet in November 2004.
With a Little Help from Our Friends?: The Costs of Coalition Warfare