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Today in History: November 6, Ronald Reagan wins reelection in a landslide over Walter Mondale
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoToday in History Today is Monday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2023. There are 55 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan won reelection by ...
Back to the Future: GOP Pledge to Abolish Education Department Returns
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in July that her former Cabinet department “should...
I met Dianne Feinstein at the 1984 DNC convention. Since then, she's changed politics for women
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe 1984 presidential election was a disaster for Democrats, but the San Francisco convention that...
Bill Cotterell: How far will Republicans go on unpopular abortion policies?
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhenever the Democrats suffered one of their humiliating routs at the polls, the late U.S. Sen....
How 1980s Yuppies Gave Us Donald Trump
Politico via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA wealthy New York real estate mogul may not have seemed particularly well suited for the role of populist hero, but Donald Trump’s historic realignment of white working-class voters not only ...
WT President Wendler writes about flyover country and avoiding stereotypes
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFlyover Country is where I live. This term is commonly used in the United States to refer to the...
Will Antell, who gave voice to Indian education issues, will be honored Tuesday in Stillwater
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoWill Antell is well known in the Stillwater area as a former teacher, coach and football referee, but many don’t know that he spent decades promoting education opportunities for American Indians ...
Bill Cotterell: When will Florida produce a president?
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhy can’t Florida, with all we’ve got going for us, produce a president? Or even a serious contender...
Sioux Falls teacher was a finalist for NASA astronaut program: Looking Back
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNASA’s first space shuttle, the Enterprise, was introduced to the public on September 17, 1976, with the help of most of the original cast of Star Trek and its creator, Gene Roddenberry. The ...
America Already Knows How to Address Child Poverty
Time via Yahoo News· 9 months agoChildren participate in activities at the Head Start classroom in the Carl and Norma Millers Childrens Center on March 13, 2023, in Frederick, Md. Credit...