In the final days of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, his Interior Department pulled a fast one on him, renaming D.C. Stadium for his archnemesis.
For boomers, the rapid reversal of 1960s-era gains for civil rights, women, LGBTQ, etc., has unraveled the story of our lifetimes.
John M. Bridgeland, former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, and Alan Khazei, co-founder of the education nonprofit City Year, co-chair More Perfect, working to advance national service. As the United States approaches its 250th birthday in 2026, it faces a host of civic challenges in search of a solution:
Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of the presidential pardon.
In the franchise’s first NFC championship game in 33 years, Washington could not keep up with host Philadelphia, which cruised to advance to the Super Bowl.
One of Long Island’s most significant presidential landmarks is Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, the childhood home of PresidentTheodore Roosevelt, which served as his home from 1885 until his death in 1919.
The boomers are back. Pushing 80 years old, the elderly presidents gathered at Donald Trump’s inauguration to apply, yet again, the boomerlock to the White House. Ever since the second and third presidents,
Every president gets to decorate the Oval Office to their liking — but sometimes, they keep the decor of their predecessor.
One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.
By revoking Executive Order 11246, Donald Trump has erased key civil rights protections for federal contractors.
A merican presidents are often disappointed to discover limits to their authority, but the country’s founders intended the nearly absolute pardon power to be an exception. Alexander Hamilton, for example,
When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights Act shortly.