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“Uncle Joe” Cannon was rarely at a loss for words. But when 50,000 people marked his 87th birthday and his voluntary retirement after 46 years in Congress, even he choked

William J. Kohm, a legendary and influential New Jersey lobbyist and former reporter who advised some of the most powerful Republicans in the state for

The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Their Descendants

The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Their Descendants

The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Their Descendants

The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Their Descendants

PRIVATE CARS WERE RELATIVELY SCARCE in 1919 and horse-drawn conveyances were still common. In residential districts, electric streetlights had not yet

Melvin I. Urofsky on the Living History of Affirmative Action in America December 14, 2020 In 1993, the New York City Fire Department issued a curious order, namely that no pictures could be taken of Brenda Berkman, a 15-year veteran of the force, on or off duty, inside or outside a firehouse. This proved to be one last gasp in the protest against women in what had been an all-male preserve for the department’s 117-year history. The fight had started much earlier. In 1971, Secretary of Labor...