Aug 14, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
On February 6, 1969, the East Room was packed with male reporters and just a few female reporters. The press briefing consisted of questions surrounding US-European relations and what President Nixon hoped to achieve in his upcoming trip to Brussels, Paris and...
Aug 12, 2013 | Domestic Policy, Inside The Oval Office, News, Nixon Today
By Marshall Garvey When one looks at how the American presidency functions today, it seems like an overwhelming task. Aside from having to be ready to handle crises and address a complex array of entrenched issues, the president also has to steer an enormous...
Aug 9, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
It took only two misconstrued words buried in a nine page memo to President Nixon to provide the fuel for the fires of the administration’s harshest critics regarding civil rights and minorities. The memo, sent on January 16, 1970 by Daniel P. Moynihan, Counselor to...
Aug 6, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
By Marshall Garvey As President Obama and congressional Republicans debate how to handle entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, many Americans worry they’ll ultimately be unable to come to a bipartisan consensus. In 1969, during his first year...
Aug 5, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
On March 24, 1970, President Nixon released an extensive statement concerning the administration’s stance on ending school segregation in the South. While the number of African American children that were enrolled in desegregated school systems had increased...
Aug 5, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Pre-Presidential Years, Republican Party, Vice President Nixon
In 1921, Alice Paul of the National Women’s Party drafted the Equal Rights Amendment for constitutional gender equality. The original version read: Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction....