Originally posted on Retrospective:
Let us revisit the 20th Century, perhaps the most momentous century in human history. I would like to do a piece on as many of the important, interesting events in…
The 20th Century in New Jersey
Libby Kesil
Mother’s Day
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The holiday of Mother’s Day began as an antiwar statement and a vehicle for women’s activism , but numerous people and organizations have tried to seize Mother’s Day…
EPA.gov: Clean Power Plan and Other Pages Go Poof!
The Trump administration has made no secret of its disdain for climate science and clean power. Donald Trump famously called climate change a hoax cooked up by China. Trump’s EPA Administrator Scott […]
J. Sterling Morton: Founder of Arbor Day
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J. Sterling Morton Julius Sterling Morton (April 22, 1832 – April 27, 1902) founded Arbor Day in 1872. He served as President Grover Cleveland’s Secretary of Agriculture. He…
Cummings Releases New Documents on Flynn
Newly released documents reveal former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had been warned by the Pentagon not to take money from foreign governments. Top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee Rep. […]
Earth Day Celebration, Riverview Park, Point Pleasant
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Earth Day 2017
Today will be a particularly compelling Earth Day with many celebrations and science marches. The Earth is on our minds and in our hearts today as we hope that good will, sound […]
The Biden Rule: Comments from a Speech Two Decades Ago Are Suddenly a Rule
Judge Merrick Garland got emotional during his Supreme Court nomination ceremony in the Rose Garden. And since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) invoked an excerpt from a 24-year-old speech and called it a […]
Uncertain Times: The EPA and Superfund
The new administration’s “hard-power” budget calls for cutting funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 percent. To many Americans, this is an astonishing new direction. After the passage of the 1970 […]
Seven Years Later: Advocates for the ACA Make a Case for the Threatened Law
Today marks seven years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Over the past seven years, the law has faced many threats by Republicans who now hope for enough […]
Biden Calls GOP Health Care Plan a Transfer Tax
Former Vice President Joe Biden stood on the Capitol steps at a rally today marking the seventh anniversary of The Affordable Care Act (ACA). Flanked by Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Biden told […]
“Skinny” Budget: Cuts to Funding for Appalachia
Candidate Trump promised to protect the miners’ job at a rally in Abingdon, Va. last August, vowing, “It is the last shot for the miners. Hillary will be a horror show, and […]
The Sidewalk 