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2019.
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English
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"Democrats have largely ceded control of state governments to the GOP, allowing them to rig our political system and undermine democracy itself. After the 2016 election, Republicans had their largest majority in the states since 1928, controlling legislative chambers in thirty-two states and governor offices in thirty-three. They also held both chambers of Congress and the presidency despite losing the popular vote. What happened? Meaghan Winter shows...
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2020.
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author and Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne, Jr. sounds the alarm in Code Red, calling for an alliance between progressives and moderates to seize the moment and restore hope to America's future for the 2020 presidential election. Will progressives and moderates feud while America burns? Or will these natural allies take advantage of the greatest opportunity since the New Deal Era to strengthen American democracy,...
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2012.
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English
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Former Wisconsin Senator Feingold explains how oversimplification of complicated new problems and the cynical exploitation of the fears generated by the September 11th, 2001 attacks have undermined the United States' ability to adjust effectively to its new place in the world. He explores the inadequate information and sloganism used to explain the terrorist attacks and related events, the complications and difficulties of invading countries, and...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"A chilling, timely reminder of the moral and human costs of racial hatred. What happens when a delusional white supremacist and his army of followers decide to create a racially pure "Little Europe" within a rural Tennessee community? As the town's residents grapple with their new reality, minor skirmishes escalate and dirty politics, scandals, and a cataclysmic chain of violence follows. In this uncanny reflection of our time, award-winning novelist...
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Few presidential couples enjoyed a closer relationship in the White House than Will and Nellie Taft. When circumstances separated them, she pressed him for letters, and he obliged with gossipy correspondence that provides a fascinating account of his presidency at decisive moments in his single term.
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This collection contains mostly financial documents including indentures, tax receipts and bills of the Wiley family ranging from 1845 to 1896. Also, included are personal papers, correspondence, and newspapers. There is also 2 oversize publications in OB190: 1845 June Herald of Progression, June 1845 and The Cincinnati Enquirer , August 8, 1874.
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1845
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English
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This collection contains mostly financial documents including indentures, tax receipts and bills of the Wiley family ranging from 1845 to 1896. Also, included are personal papers, correspondence, and newspapers. There is also 2 oversize publications in OB190: 1845 June Herald of Progression, June 1845 and The Cincinnati Enquirer , August 8, 1874.
98) The squad
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Meet The Squad: four fearless women of color under fifty elected in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections. They are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. This new crop of tough political leaders represent the left wing of the Democratic Party and the demographic diversity of a younger generation.
99) The bully pulpit
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft. With the help of the 'muckraking' press Roosevelt had wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses, and corrupting money brokers. Roosevelt led a revolution that he bequeathed to Taft only to see it compromised as Taft surrendered to money men and big business.
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This collection includes Foulke's correspondence relating to civil service reform, the women's rights movement, Indiana and national Republican party politics, the Progressive Party in 1912 and 1916, American involvement in the Philippine Islands, his work on behalf of American preparedness in World War I, and his work with the League to Enforce Peace and the League of Nations. Copies of Foulke's extensive correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt regarding...
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