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Opinion: Destined to be a lame duck
CNN via AOL· 13 hours agoRepublicans couldn’t defeat President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he ran for a third and fourth term. But in 1947, two years after the ...
How the Right’s Illiberal Past Became Present | Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly· 4 hours agoRoosevelt. “The terror of the unforeseen,” Roth wrote, “is what the science of history hides,...
Black Woman Who Once Catered a Dinner for President Franklin D. Roosevelt Turns 110 Years Old
BlackNews.com· 5 days agoRoosevelt’s family. Throughout her life, Thompson has seen 19 U.S. presidents come and go. One of...
Olympic legends: from Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon - Part 2
AFP via Yahoo Sports· 1 hour agoAFP continues its look back at the history of the Olympics to pick out some of the legends that have...
From the Border to Bump Stocks, the MAGA Lie Machine Is Heating Up
New Republic· 6 days agoIn response, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, on October 23, 1940, warned the nation: “Truthful...
On this day in history, June 22, 1944, FDR signs GI Bill, with far-reaching impact on American...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn this day in history, June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights,...
This Day In History
The Wahpeton Daily News· 2 days agoOn June 22, 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate ...
‘Triumph’ Showcases Jesse Owens’ Dominance Over Hitler at the 1936 Olympics
Biography via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoJesse Owens is considered the greatest track and field athlete in history. Read about his 1936...
Public Education’s Reinforcements | Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly· 3 hours agoFor most people, the lesson of pandemic schooling was that remote learning was an unmitigated...
How Vannevar Bush Engineered the 20th Century
IEEE Spectrum· 6 days agoAmong the observers was Vannevar Bush, who had overseen the Manhattan Project and served as the sole liaison to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...