The Vietnam War, which had begun as an advisory mission twenty years earlier, had turned disastrous in the hands of the willful and self-deceiving Johnson administration and then the cynical Nixon team. ..…

After Lincoln’s assassination, President Johnson pardoned former slave owners, returning land to them that had been confiscated and given to freed people, and laid out extremely lenient requirements for Southern states to rejoin the union. . Johnson’s actions gave a green light to white..…

By bribing union officials who accepted gifts including jewelry, The automakers are charged with corrupting contract negotiations, vacations, and $30,000 party for UAW official, complete with ultra-premium booze, $7,000 worth of cigars and $3,000 wine with custom labels honoring the union boss.. ..…

Martin Luther King delivers his 'Beyond Vietnam' speech at Riverside Church in New York City The Riverside address, which has come to be known as the 'Beyond Vietnam' speech, was also a challenge to the prevailing liberal consensus that civil rights activists had to, at all costs, preserve a..…

Decker, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America. “These Members of Congress are afraid to introduce a repeal of the Johnson Amendment as a stand alone bill because they know it would fail. ..…

Team members were: . Julia Davis, University of Iowa . Krista Johnson, University of Iowa . ..…

“There’s still a culture that believes that if someone is raped, somehow they asked for that rape,” said Monika Johnson Hostler, president of the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence. ..…

Cameron Johnson, Reporter . September 27, 2018 • No Comments . The Renegade Women’s soccer team faced the defending CCCAA State Champions, Fresno City College, at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 18.  ... Cameron Johnson, Reporter . September 27, 2018 • No Comments . The Renegade..…

In a taped phone conversation between President Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, Johnson describes the Nixon team’s actions, saying, “They oughtn’t to be doing this. ..…

With the challenges of the civil rights movement sparking discussion about the importance of individual rights and the limitations of tradition, the students of Cambridge Union Society dreamed up humdinger of event to celebrate their one hundred and February 1965. ..…

The story of Lincoln’s cautious advance toward emancipation, for example, is illuminated in selections from his public writings, as well as in a private letter from Hannah Johnson, the mother of a black Union soldier, who urges the president to stand by the Emancipation Proclamation:..…

Health care workers (who organized a union a few months ago) and other workers joined in solidarity. . Vern Johnson, home health care worker, said, “Everyone who works for a living should be able to make a living wage.” . ..…

Sarah Campbell, Team Lead Minister Mayflower Congregational Church, UCC, Mpls. ... Johnson, Cherokee Park United Church, St. Paul . Stephanie McCullough-Cain, Seminary Student and Ministerial Intern at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka. . ..…

Fresh off their primary wins, Minnesota candidates Jeff Johnson and Tim Walz participate in Minnesota Chamber and North Central Carpenters Gubernatorial debate... Minnesota Coalition on Government Information honored The UpTake for its pioneering use of video and Burnsville police chief..…

Timeline: . 1880: Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27 . 1887: Anne Sullivan becomes Helen's teacher . 1903: Publishes her autobiography The Story of My Life . 1904: Graduates from Radcliffe College, becoming the first deaf and blind person to earn a college diploma . 1912: Publishes 'How I Became a..…

Johnson's burqa outburst highlights racist Tory hypocrisy . . Strategic discussion needed in civil servants' union after pay ballot . . ..…