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Dennis Banks Biography

Dennis BanksAnishinabe (Ojibwa) activistBorn: Apr. 12, 1937Birthplace: Leech Lake, Minn. At an early age, Dennis Banks was removed from his home and sent to boarding schools, run by the…

Albino Alligator

Director: Kevin Spacey Writer: Christian Forte Director of Photography: Mark Plummer Editor: Jay Cassidy Music: Michael Brook Production Designer: Nelson Coates…

Merle Haggard

Fiercely independent and loaded with down-home credibility, Merle Haggard was a country music star from the mid-1960s until his death in 2016, best known for the song "Okie From Muskogee." Merle…

Bob Woodward

Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward helped break the story of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. Woodward and Carl Bernstein were young city beat…

Brewer's: Burglar

[burg-larron ]. The robber of a burgh, castle, or house. Burglary is called, in ancient law-books, hamesecken or hám-secn, house-violation. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: Neck-verse

(Psalm li. 1). “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to They lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.” This verse was so called…

Safest and Most Dangerous U.S. Cities, 2010

The following table ranks the safest and most dangerous cities in the United States as of 2010. The cities all have populations of more than 75,000. The rankings are based on a city's rate for six…

The Supreme Court: Dethroning a President

Dethroning a PresidentThe Supreme CourtBurger CourtPolitical Firestorm That FizzledDethroning a PresidentStarting the Abortion DebateActivism Takes Over the Court Ironically President Nixon…

United States v. Nixon (1974)

Historical BackgroundThe early 1970s was a time of growing distrust in the National Government. The Pentagon Papers exposed the intentional deception of the American people about Vietnam.…