Political Education
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740McCarthyism and the Media
Early news coverage of McCarthy’s charges worked in the Senator’s favor. Newsprint did not capture the wild man image that television did....
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932Republican Support for McCarthism
Senate Liberals feared that a unified Democratic denunciation of Senator Joseph McCarthy. They feared it would only result in the G.O.P. uniting...
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897The Liberal Response to McCarthyism
How did liberals respond in the McCarthy era, and how should they have responded? This question is still a source of controversy...
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791Elements of McCarthyism
Most textbook and encyclopedia definitions of McCarthyism refer to unsupported and unfair accusations against innocent parties. McCarthyism has been considered a style...
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590The McCarthy Era
Joseph R. McCarthy was elected United States Senator from Wisconsin in 1948 following his upset victory over ‘Young Bob’ LaFollette in the...
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934Millennials vs Gen Z or Not Feeling Like a Real Adult
My Instagram reels have been filled with Millennial moms being upset that Gen Z calls us, and I am a millennial mom,...
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151The Sexy Politico Talks about Gun Control
Why is talking about gun control so hard to do. Why is everyone willing to blame people with mental illnesses when in...
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1.3KThe Sexy Politico Looks at Domestic History
Sorry, this is so late political listeners we’ve been dealing with some bad crud in this house. Yesterday was International Women’s History...
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834The Patty Hearst Brain Washing Defense
Authoritarian political cults such as Qanon not only indoctrinate their members with conspiracy theories but have also moved some of those cult...
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750The Sexy Politico Looks at Women in the US Navy
In part three of our four-part series on women in the armed forces the Sexy Politico takes a look at the women...