the truth about post-Civil War Reconstruction. The same is true, I now know, aboutfrom one of my favorite podcasts, American History Tellers from Wondery. The saga of the women who finally won the vote in 1920 is— mixing remarkable courage with occasional bouts of demoralizing racism against both Black people and immigrants.
over Russian war crimes makes it less likely other nations will let Putin be “the decider” of the conflict.last Wednesday won’t be the last, because. We had a great virtual crowd watch on Inquirer Live as I spoke with Garrett M.
To me what makes Watergate so interesting from start to finish is that it becomes this incredible story of how power works in Washington, and all of the levers and checks and balances that had to come together — from the Constitution and the Bill of Rights — Article 1, Article 2, Article 3 — the FBI, the Justice Department, the House, the Senate, the District Court, the Appeals Court, the Supreme Court and the executive branch … to force the president from office.
The shortest possible answer to the difference between then and now is that you see that the Republicans in Congress in the 1970s acted as members of Congress first and Republicans second … They understood that Congress was a co-equal branch of government, that Congress has a role in holding the executive branch to account — providing oversight and keeping presidential power in check … The biggest difference we saw with House and Senate Republicans in both Trump impeachments is that Republicans...
or some other cultural doodad that might appeal to readers of The Will Bunch Newsletter? Make a suggestion by writing to me atI dipped into my stack of 2022 vacation days — so no new columns to share. But the rest of. At Philadelphia’s City Hall, the paper’s Sean Collins Walsh asks the question that’s on everybody’s mind: Why is Mayor Kenneyeven with more than 20 long months left in office.