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President Richard Nixon prepares to go on television May 23, 1970 in the Oval Office.

Trump is Not the First GOP President to Try to Make the Media ‘Fair’

Conservatives love rules about political balance — when they’re in charge.

by Nicole Hemmer via Washington Post on August 29, 2018

Roseanne Barr

Why Roseanne Barr Paid a Bigger Price For Tweeting Than Donald Trump Has

These days, Hollywood is more democratic than Washington.

by Kathryn Cramer Brownell via Made By History on May 30, 2018

The Racist History of the ‘Crisis Actor’ Attacks on Parkland School Shooting Survivors

Courageous Americans have been undermined by conspiracy theories for more than 150 years.

by Michael E. Miller via Retropolis on February 23, 2018

A stone marker for a post road, slightly chipped, reading "Boston 8 miles 1734 A.I."

"To Undertake a News-Paper in This Town"

How printers in the 1770s assembled the news for their papers, how they used the postal system, and how they may have approached Twitter.

by Emily Sneff via Declaration Resources Project on September 20, 2017

Bureaucrats as Activists: A Revisionist Take on Conservation

Career bureaucrats in the Trump administration are proving that bureaucrats can be dedicated to a cause other than themselves.

by Benjamin Heber Johnson via Process: A Blog for American History on May 23, 2017

FDR's War Against the Press

Franklin Roosevelt had his own Breitbart, and radio was his Twitter.

by David Beito via Reason on April 5, 2017

Nixon campaign button with the slogan "Now more than ever."

Now Less Than Never

A smooth forehead suggests a hard heart.

via n+1 on April 5, 2017

Ella Taught Me: Shattering the Myth of the Leaderless Movement

It’s in vogue to call the new movement against police violence "leaderless." But as Ella Baker taught us, it's more correct to say that it has many leaders.

by Barbara Ransby via Colorlines on June 12, 2015

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