Jun 24, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
On June 13, the Foundation and National Archives hosted Organized Crime in the Nixon Era, a Nixon Legacy Forum on RN’s work with Congress to enact sweeping anti-crime legislation and how he gave the Justice Department the tools to more effectively fight organized...
Jun 24, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Move America Forward hosted its fourth 4th annual troopathon at the Nixon Library on Thursday, raising a total of $507,843 in care packages which will be sent to troops serving overseas. Webcast live from the Library’s magnificent East Room, guests –...
Jun 24, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
On 22 June 1970, President Nixon signed into law several amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, despite his reservations regarding one amendment in particular: the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 included an amendment that lowered the voting age to 18 for...
Jun 24, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
On 24 June 1974, President Nixon issued a statement about the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, a bill meant to improve water quality for both United States and Mexico residents of the Colorado River basin. Since the early 1960s, various development projects...
Jun 20, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Historically, the environment had never been a major concern of U.S. presidents. With the exception of Theodore Roosevelt, no twentieth-century president had taken an interest in environmental issues until President Nixon. During RN’s presidency, the environment was...
Jun 18, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Cara Buckley writes in the Times “Style” section: Both come from families steeped in politics. Mr. Cox, now 32, is the only child of Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward F. Cox. His father, a member of an old New York family, is a lawyer and the chairman of the New...
