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Using back channels: LBJ and Barack Obama

April 22, 2011 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Government, History, Politics Leave a comment

Jeff Greenfield’s historical novel, Then Everything Changed, is a collection of actual facts and plausible alternatives to facts. Without divulging too much about the

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Medicare for All: The fight continues

August 13, 2010 Madonna Gauding Congress, Health care, History Leave a comment

The Social Security Act of 1965 was signed into law on July 30, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to Social Security legislation. At the

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