All posts tagged "Democrats"
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186Political EducationThe Good is Oft Interred with the Bones: Barry Goldwater
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” William Shakespeare Barry Goldwater was a...
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127LGBTQIA+Transgender Athletes have Played Professional Sports since the 1970s
Athletic endeavors take pains to make competition fair. Sports will differentiate between amateur and professional competitors. Boxing, wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts...
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148Political EducationCancel Culture 2022
Cancel Culture is a buzzword we still hear, mostly in right-winged media, but who cancels whom? What does “canceling” someone even mean?...
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273Political EducationSpoiler
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” – Liz Cheney Oh… wait… no… that...
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209Political EducationLeadership Qualities
“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your...
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243Political EducationEnough Votes
When Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) was asked why a candidate had lost his election, Daley drily replied, “He didn’t get...
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272Political EducationThe Good is Oft Interred with the Bones: Richard Nixon and Title IX
“The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them; The Good is Oft Interred with their Bones” Shakespeare Shortly after taking office as...
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361Labor or UnionsWomen Leading the Labor Movement: Mary Kay Henry
Mary Kay Henry is the first woman to lead Service Employees International Union. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a union...
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419Labor or UnionsWomen Leading the Labor Movement: Roberta Lynch
Roberta Lynch became Executive Director of AFSCME Council 31 in 2014. AFSCME Council 31 represents more than 90,000 active and retired state,...
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317Labor or UnionsWomen Leading the Labor Movement: Frances Perkins
As a student at Mount Holyoke College, Frances Perkins, born in 1880, studied the working conditions in a factory. Perkins later remembered...