| 单词 | Lyndon Johnson |
| 例句 | On June 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese troops crashed through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon and raised their flag above the city, Lyndon Johnson lay in a Texas cemetery. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Lyndon Johnson,” he told his advisors, “is not going down as the president who lost Vietnam.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson had halted the bombing of North Vietnam, and Nixon was reluctant to resume it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson appealed to North Vietnam, offering massive financial aid in exchange for leaving South Vietnam alone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Bodega thinks he’s Lyndon Johnson with his Great Society' and now Sapo talks like he’s Bobby Kennedy with this why-not stuff. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z None gave the correct answer of Lyndon Johnson, who also happened to have been a native Texan. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When Lyndon Johnson took over after Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he promised to continue backing South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson’s telephone rang early on the afternoon of November 3. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The French, Lyndon Johnson—they simply hadn’t been tough enough, Nixon believed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson had repeatedly said, “I’m not going to be the first American president to lose a war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Integration anywhere means destruction everywhere,” Almond inveighed in his inaugural address, his words a dark mirror of Lyndon Johnson’s anxious commentary on Sputnik. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And they found an ally in Liz Carpenter, the assistant of Vice President Lyndon Johnson. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, Lyndon Johnson formally approved Operation Rolling Thunder, the sustained bombing of Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On January 20, 1969, Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson ate breakfast looking out the White House windows at a gray and windy Washington morning. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Ralph Joseph, my math teacher, explained to my class how presidential succession took place and told us Lyndon Johnson had become our new president. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson, from his ranch in Texas, called the leak of the Pentagon Papers “close to treason.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson had halted the bombing of North Vietnam four years before. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was part of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and was modeled after the Depression era’s Civilian Conservation Corps. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z A little after three thirty in the afternoon of January 22, Lyndon Johnson woke from a nap in the bedroom of his Texas ranch. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson told them what they wanted to hear. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “First in space means first, period,” declared Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Who did he think he was, Lyndon Johnson? Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z And the voting rights of African Americans in the South were restricted until President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Following Kennedy’s assassination, President Lyndon Johnson embraced the antipoverty rhetoric with great passion, calling for an “unconditional war on poverty,” in his State of the Union Address in January 1964. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson said, “I’m not going to be the first American president to lose a war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Vladimir Nabokov was not declared ethically deficient, or his filigreed sentences examined for intellectual rot, after he congratulated Lyndon Johnson for his "admirable work" in Vietnam. Mo Yan, Salman Rushdie and censorship 2012-12-13T13:30:04Z Lyndon Johnson was photographed picking up a sailor by the ears. Semper Fib: All-bogus military trivia from Style Invitational Week 1132 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Zephyr Wright, Lyndon Johnson’s longtime family cook, became a face of the civil rights movement because Johnson used her humiliating Jim Crow experiences to sway reluctant congressman to support the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In the White House kitchen, hiding in plain sight But Lyndon Johnson, when it comes to producing these results, whether it’s Medicare or the Fair Housing Act or other things that continue to lift up vulnerable communities. The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson and its star, Bryan Cranston, best known for his Emmy-winning performance in television's "Breaking Bad," are in the running for best play and actor. Neil Patrick Harris, Cranston go for Tonys on Broadway's big night 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z That aberrational period began with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, shrewdly positioned by Lyndon Johnson as a memorial to his assassinated predecessor. Liberalism was never easy 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Four months after the historic march President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 'Freedom Journey' photo exhibit recalls 1965 civil rights march 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z "Hi, I'm Lyndon Johnson and I'm the new high school teacher." Cold War historian finishes epic on George Kennan 2012-04-19T17:08:13Z And as the Vietnam War increasingly went awry, so did Lyndon Johnson, who became a broken man; Richard Nixon called him “unbelievable.” Waging War From the Oval Office 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z And Califano said he was there and Lyndon Johnson was walking around. Robert Caro Reflects on Robert Moses, L.B.J., and His Own Career in Nonfiction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Sheinkin explores the consequences of that action on the Vietnam War, the presidencies of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon and the attitude of the American public toward its elected officials. The National Book Award Finalists in Young People’s Literature 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964. Adelman civil rights photography exhibit extended 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z When she and Holder go to his flat to talk to him, Lyndon Johnson Rosales jumps from the fire escape and ends up in hospital. The Killing US: episode three 2011-07-14T21:02:01Z In the mid to late 60s, the then Labour prime minister, Harold Wilson, resisted attempts by the US president, Lyndon Johnson, to involve Britain in the Vietnam war. Jon Savage on song: The Zombies ? Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) 2011-03-17T09:32:54Z He believes Obama inherited the worst mess of any modern president and accomplished more in his first years than anyone since Lyndon Johnson. David Axelrod’s ‘Believer’ 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The moment came on the evening of June 11, 1963, with full-throated rhetoric from the Oval Office and the proposal that became the Civil Rights Act under Lyndon Johnson a year later. Kennedy and King: The remarkable intersection of two great lives 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z He followed that book up in 1982 with “The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power,” the first volume in a planned five-book series about the controversial president. Biographer Robert Caro will release his next book — on audio only — in May 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z She tells undergrads that Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon Johnson weren’t the only ones who changed history. How colleges are teaching Ferguson, Trayvon, etc. 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z By this time, I knew that whatever the secret was that drove Lyndon Johnson to this was his desperate ambition, you know, that everybody talks about. Robert Caro Reflects on Robert Moses, L.B.J., and His Own Career in Nonfiction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “Selma” would have us believe that Lyndon Johnson was to blame. “Selma” Vs. “Selma” 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z He’s been talking nonstop for decades, pointing an accusing finger at Lyndon Johnson for alleged complicity in the Kennedy assassination, rooting around in Bill Clinton’s extramarital misdeeds, depicting the Bushes as a “crime family.” Roger Stone, a master of dark political arts, is playing the Russia scandal for all it’s worth 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The more apt, and useful, comparison might be with Robert Caro, the biographer of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, the great anatomizer of political power. Hilary Mantel’s Triumphant New Novel Brings Thomas Cromwell Across the Finish Line 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z He said, “Well, you know, there was something, you know. It was like Lyndon Johnson was so hungry for the news.” Robert Caro Reflects on Robert Moses, L.B.J., and His Own Career in Nonfiction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z A lot of the targets were picked personally by Lyndon Johnson.” Robert Caro has a new book: Excerpts from AP interview 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z He noted that the impetus to write “All the Way” — which was commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and premiered in 2012 — came from a long fascination with Lyndon Johnson. Seattle writer’s LBJ play wins $25,000 Steinberg prize 2013-04-07T01:57:21Z During the Vietnam War, Richard Helms grew more and more skeptical about the prospects of American success even as President Lyndon Johnson grew more and more desperate for good news. One of the Most Perilous Jobs in Government 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z A legendary speechwriter for presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Eugene McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy, Goodwin flopped himself down, she recalled, and asked, “Hi, are you a graduate student?” U.T. Austin Acquires Archives That Give Insight Into the 1960s 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z First, despite getting rave reviews from critics and historians alike, a former aide to Lyndon Johnson penned an op-ed in the Washington Post charging the movie, about Martin Luther King, Jr., with factual inaccuracies. Everything You Need to Know About the Controversies Surrounding This Year's Oscar Movies 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z After being denied the release of about 1,700 documents, he did receive 17 pages of meeting notes from a National Security Council oversight committee, from the archives of Lyndon Johnson’s presidential library. When the Oscars really matter: A nominee tries to show how the U.S. aided a genocide 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z His books about Lyndon Johnson are read by another reader whom I cannot bear. Judy Collins Is Picky About Audiobook Readers and Folk Singers 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z In one memorable scene, Liev Schreiber, portraying Lyndon Johnson, was shown constipated on the toilet, swearing and asking for prune juice. Scene City: The Stars Align for ‘The Butler’ 2013-08-07T22:41:34Z He has lunched with Jackie Kennedy, played tennis with Katherine Graham and had the will to say no to Lyndon Johnson when the president was seeking help to get a book deal. A memoir by Kerouac's agent, Sterling Lord 2013-01-24T13:11:12Z But Ellsberg’s leak did reveal the government’s longtime cynicism about the war: that President Lyndon Johnson had believed it was unwinnable, even as more bombs fell and as more soldiers and civilians died. Perspective | Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, asks: Who will be the next Snowden? 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z When people bring up Lyndon Johnson, I say two things: One, Lady Bird Johnson planted wildflowers along national highways, very pretty! R. Eric Thomas talks Internet fame, comments sections and his fear of suburbia 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z “Julia” premiered mere months after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination and Lyndon Johnson’s signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1968. The symbolic power of Gina Torres's new drama "Pearson," right now 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z The book is the third volume in a project that is as ambitious in its way as Robert Caro’s magisterial biography of Lyndon Johnson. Book Review Podcast: 'The Invisible Bridge' 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z It is possible, he observes, that stopping the human flow from Eastern Europe, and creating a more homogeneous America, made it easier for Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson to pass their enormous social programs. David Frum Rethinks Conservatism 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z It’s a doggy “Who’s Who” and includes the registration of pets owned by Lyndon Johnson and Barack Obama. This museum curator is an expert on dogs — and their presidential partners 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z During the 1950s it served Mexican as the hangout for Mexican and Texas politicians, including President Lyndon Johnson and Maverick County Judge Roberto Bibb, conniving the different ways the Mexican vote would be delivered. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z Then Caro began to write about Lyndon Johnson, who signed much of the key progressive legislation of the nineteen-sixties but also presided over the disaster in Vietnam. Robert Caro Reflects on Robert Moses, L.B.J., and His Own Career in Nonfiction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The New-York Historical Society announced Thursday that Caro had won its American History Book Prize for the fourth volume of his Lyndon Johnson series, "The Passage of Power." Robert Caro wins $50,000 history prize 2013-02-21T19:05:11Z If Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty, then Trump is waging a war on the poor. A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z They were built in the 1930s and were due to be replaced when Lyndon Johnson was president. Met sees highest attendance ever — even with new admission fees 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Yet I’ve learned more from Volumes I and II of Robert Caro’s “The Years of Lyndon Johnson” than I ever did in school. New & Noteworthy, From Fake News to American Essays 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Prideaux also wrote a one-man show titled “Lyndon Johnson,” based on the book “Lyndon: An Oral Biography,” by Merle Miller. James Prideaux, Writer for Stage and for Television, Dies at 88 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Four exceptional presidents — Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson — give Goodwin the opportunity to offer moral instruction for future leaders. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Back on earth, Lyndon Johnson and a Chorus of Texas Politicians squeeze into Kennedy’s bath — “Rub a dub dub, six Democrats in a tub!” ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Boo was chosen from one of the strongest lists of nonfiction books in memory, from the fourth volume of Robert Caro's Lyndon Johnson series to Shadid's memoir "House of Stone." Erdrich wins her first National Book Award 2012-11-15T15:12:08Z “Contrary to the portrait painted by ‘Selma,’ Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. were partners in this effort,” Mr. Califano wrote. Questioning the Historical Accuracy of 'Selma' 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson became the first President to name an official White House photographer when he hired Yoichi Okamoto, and set a precedent by giving him wide and unfettered access to his life. Donald Trump, Hiding in Plain Sight 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z While Nixon’s predecessor, Lyndon Johnson, thrived amid disorder, Nixon maintained a clean desk and kept his circle of advisers small. Watergate: The Scandal That Never Goes Away 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Similarly, Lyndon Johnson is the constipated man to who barks while seated on the toilet for Cecil to bring him prune juice. At Your Service: 10 Great TV and Movie Butlers 2013-08-19T09:45:46Z Niebuhr was a vociferous critic of the Vietnam War when, under Lyndon Johnson, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Robert Caro's "magisterial" fourth volume in his ongoing biography of Lyndon Johnson, The Passage of Power, took the biography prize, while DA Powell's Useless Landscape won the poetry award. National Book Critics Circle award goes to Ben Fountain 2013-03-01T11:05:41Z President Lyndon Johnson couldn’t resist playing jokes on friends during his summer vacation. Summertime often means vacations — even for the president 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Born in 1959, Walker, the son of a single mother, was one of the first students to participate in the Head Start program, a core element of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty agenda. Perspective | A voice for the arts, and social justice, joins the National Gallery of Art board 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z “The War President” was really Lyndon Johnson: The Next Generation, lowering defense spending and pushing Johnson’s commitment to the Great Society. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z Like Robert Caro’s Lyndon Johnson series, Richardson’s books have been a story of testing and rewarding the patience of readers and critics. John Richardson’s final Picasso book arrives in November 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z On Aug. 6, 1965, Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, calling the act “the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice.” How Endangered Is American Democracy? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson had a history of not only racist rhetoric, but enforcement of Jim Crow in Texas. My regrettable libertarian romance: I rebounded from my experimental phase, but many don't 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z To get the accent down, he listened to White House tapes and made research trips to the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Tex., where he met, among others, Johnson’s younger daughter, Luci. Bryan Cranston Is Playing Lyndon Johnson on Broadway 2014-02-05T20:10:11Z “There was a photograph up here earlier, and it’s a photograph of Lyndon Johnson giving a pen that was used to sign the Voting Rights Act to Dr. King,” he said. David Oyelowo Says the Academy 'Has a Problem' 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Caro’s Lyndon Johnson series — read the first volume and keep in mind the fact that Johnson’s hardscrabble Hill Country youth is concurrent with, you know, the Jazz Age. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Erica Grieder on What America Can Learn From Texas 2013-05-01T14:00:56Z A single week in the spring brought the end of Lyndon Johnson’s storied political career, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and ensuing riots across America. What the Tumultuous Year 1968 Can Teach Us About Today 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z “This is an archive that will illuminate the 20th century through two outsize figures, Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses,” she said. Robert Caro’s Papers Headed to New-York Historical Society 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The day in 1957 when the Russians launched Sputnik, Lyndon Johnson, then the Senate majority leader, was hosting a dinner at his ranch outside of Austin. How a Well-Intentioned Program Has Trapped Millions in Debt 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Any public utterance against Vietnam would threaten his relationship with President Lyndon Johnson, who had helped to advance the cause of civil rights. Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s Searing Antiwar Speech, Fifty Years Later 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z “I would love to be able to hang up my pencil on the last page of the last volume of his Lyndon Johnson,” Gottlieb, now 91, says in the film. ‘Turn Every Page’ Review: It’s Not Done Yet 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z A protégé of Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson, he was sufficiently a part of the old Southern Democratic tradition that he voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. When American Politics Turned Toxic 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Which is weird, because I thought it was that bloke who looks like Lyndon Johnson crossed with Deputy Dawg? Passnotes No 3,198: Selina Meyer 2012-06-24T19:00:03Z “I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy,” said Lyndon Johnson, in his nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress on March 15, 1965. REVIEW: 'Selma': The Film of the Year — But 1965 or 2014? 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z In 1965, President B. Lyndon Johnson announced that he wanted to clear out American storage of works that had been seized in the postwar era. A Portrait of Rembrandt Goes on Show. But Did He Paint It? 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z It’s no doubt true that, as the Village Voice’s Jack Newfield was to write, King’s death gave Kennedy the purpose his candidacy had lost with Lyndon Johnson’s withdrawal. Book excerpt: After MLK death, RFK 'poured his heart out' 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Caro's most recent installment in the series is the 2012 book “The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power,” which won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Biographer Robert Caro will release his next book — on audio only — in May 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Caro's books on municipal builder Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, frequently taught at the elite private school, were part of her education. Caro returns to old high school to give award named for him 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z So I said, “Now, Sam Houston, I want you to tell me again those wonderful stories that you told me before, and that everybody tells about Lyndon Johnson.” Robert Caro Reflects on Robert Moses, L.B.J., and His Own Career in Nonfiction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “It was one thing to marry Lyndon Johnson,” Mr. Gillette observes in his introduction, “but quite another to remain married to him.” Books of The Times: ‘Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History,’ by Michael L. Gillette 2013-01-08T15:00:00Z Some historians had said the film misrepresented President Lyndon Johnson's stand on voting rights, but critics were quick to point out that "Selma" was only the latest historical picture to draw scrutiny over its accuracy. Diversity out of the picture in Oscars race 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z A President’s heart and soul tend to consist of deeply reasonable sentiments, unless he’s Lyndon Johnson. “WTF” with Barack Obama 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z “I still think of myself as a reporter,” says Caro, the former investigative journalist for Newsday known to millions for his Robert Moses biography, “The Power Broker,” and his four Lyndon Johnson books. Robert Caro shares tips about his craft in ‘Working’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Some readers are waiting for the next installment in Robert Caro’s multivolume Lyndon Johnson biography as avidly as George R. R. Martin fans eager for “The Winds of Winter” to arrive at last. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson recognized how gripping Hamer’s testimony was to national audiences and delivered a press conference that interrupted it before it could air in its entirety. One Year of #MeToo: The Legacy of Black Women’s Testimonies 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z By 1964, the vernacular had gotten decidedly edgier when Lyndon Johnson’s presidential campaign produced “Daisy,” in which a little girl plucks the petals from a flower while counting to herself. Perspective | Ocasio-Cortez, Hegar and the art of making your political ad feel like an uplifting movie 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z For years Mr. O’Brien has tried to book the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Power Broker” and the multivolume epic “The Years of Lyndon Johnson.” Conan O’Brien’s Unrequited Fanboy Love for Robert Caro 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson did a great deal for race in America, and he was the most Washington-centered politician, who also had an awful record on race earlier in his career. Journalist John Dickerson: ‘The major problem is that we look to the president for too much’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z "Only one guy got bills through - it was Lyndon Johnson." Caro is back, and the obsession goes on 2012-04-30T11:39:10Z One thing not going DuVernay's way is criticism that President Lyndon Johnson is misrepresented in the film as lukewarm to African-Americans' fight for voting rights. 'Selma' director makes history before awards are bestowed 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Astor is pictured in the auction catalog wearing the pieces while chatting with President Lyndon Johnson at a dinner dance in his honor at the Plaza Hotel in 1969. Contents of Brooke Astor's homes going to auction 2012-09-23T21:16:04Z He passed as much social welfare legislation as Lyndon Johnson. Richard Nixon would be “drummed out” of GOP today as a liberal: “He passed as much social welfare legislation as Lyndon Johnson” 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Liberal social security systems perpetuated black exclusion until Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society reforms of 1964. How Racism Is Destroying America 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z He won a Golden Globe award for his depiction of President Lyndon Johnson in a TV movie in the late 1980s. Canada denies Randy Quaid's request to stay 2013-01-27T09:01:08Z “I told you what I would see. I was standing in the Oval Office and Lyndon Johnson was walking around.” Robert Caro Reflects on Robert Moses, L.B.J., and His Own Career in Nonfiction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z It's an encouraging film, though its overall context in an America 50 years after the election of Jack Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson is depressing. The Interrupters ? review 2011-08-13T23:05:32Z In these brief personal pieces, Caro excavates his experiences creating his monumental biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson. New in Paperback: ‘Working’ and ‘Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know’ 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Don’t ask Robert Caro when he’s going to finish his next Lyndon Johnson book. ‘Turn Every Page’ Review: It’s Not Done Yet 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Questions of its historical veracity in portraying the relationship of Dr. King and President Lyndon Johnson might have slowed its awards momentum; we’ll see next Thursday when the Motion Picture Academy announces its Oscar nominations. Who'll Win the Golden Globes — Besides Michael Keaton and Boyhood 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson remains divisive: pilloried for the Vietnam War, lauded for his groundbreaking work on civil rights. Donald Trump may be the best thing that ever happened to George W. Bush 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Then President Ford, who, according to Lyndon Johnson, could not walk and chew gum at the same time, agreed to debate with Jimmy Carter. Joanna Lumley's Nile and How to Win the TV Debate 2010-04-13T05:45:00Z Robert Caro, the prize-winning biographer of New York municipal builder Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, has taken on men who have both inspired and dismayed him. Petraeus affair and the role of biographers 2012-11-14T18:16:03Z This sweeping look at presidents who led the United States through military conflict opens with a reluctant James Madison during the War of 1812 and closes with Lyndon Johnson facing defeat in Vietnam. New in Paperback: ‘Presidents of War’ and ‘Solitary’ 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson, folksy but serious during the State of the Union of 1968, appears 24 times in a five-by-five grid of TV screens, the center left blank like the free space on a bingo card. Review: ‘Donald Blumberg Photographs,’ Observing America on the Streets and From the Sofa 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Q: Woody, you played Lyndon Johnson in a new movie yet to be released. A minute with: Woody Harrelson and Brie Larson on new film 'The Glass Castle' 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z It’s important to mention that African-Americans didn’t get to vote in large numbers until the Voting Rights Act was passed under Lyndon Johnson almost 100 years later. Is America more racist, or more sexist? Admittedly, it’s a tough call 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Talmadge, meanwhile, once declared that "God advocates segregation" and boycotted the Democratic National Convention, along with a dozen other southern senators, after former President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Whoopi rips Democrats for suggesting Biden is a racist 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Here was a woman who was born before the Civil War and died in 1964, just months before Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. There Are 13 Quotations in a U.S. Passport. Guess How Many Are From Men? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z And it was a resonant moment in 1964, when president Lyndon Johnson symbolically shook hands with Martin Luther King, Jr. after signing the civil rights bill. Perspective | The handshake will return. It’s too much a part of who we are. 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z ABC opened its coverage with tape of President Franklin Roosevelt signing Social Security legislation and President Lyndon Johnson creating Medicare. TV networks cover health care legislation signing 2010-03-23T17:12:00Z He had idolised Kennedy and helped to inspire Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 Howard University speech, the high water mark of liberal commitment. The odd couple 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Robinson was invited to the White House in 1965 for President Lyndon Johnson’s signing of the Voting Rights Act, but in the decades since, female leaders of the movement have rarely been celebrated. Fifty years later, spotlight shines on civil rights icon Amelia Boynton Robinson 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z In “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream,” which is as much psychological portrait as biography, Doris Kearns Goodwin described Johnson’s political skills as “a surrogate for love and acceptance.” Bryan Cranston Is Playing Lyndon Johnson on Broadway 2014-02-05T20:10:11Z Guards escort her out of Litchfield for the last time, and Piper and Sister Ingalls agree that she needs full-time care, not prison, noting that “she thinks Lyndon Johnson is president.” 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: All They're Missing Is a Black Market Etsy 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Kennedy sent legislation to Congress, but it was left to Lyndon Johnson to make the Civil Rights Act of 1964 law. How Martin Luther King Persuaded John Kennedy to Support the Civil Rights Cause 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z He is also working on his fifth and presumed final book about Lyndon Johnson. Robert Caro has a new book: Excerpts from AP interview 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Well, Lynda Johnson Robb, daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, boasted that the marriage resulting from her White House wedding lasted longer than that of any other couple married there. ‘No one talks about that. No, no no!’ At a reunion of presidential descendants, don’t ask about Trump. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z And without me saying another word he starts to tell the story of Lyndon Johnson, which is a very different story, of a very ruthless young man, that’s in my book. Robert Caro Reflects on Robert Moses, L.B.J., and His Own Career in Nonfiction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The campaign represents contrasts of age as well as Douglas’ staunch support for then-President Lyndon Johnson’s escalation of the war in Vietnam. Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy dies 2011-09-17T12:43:00Z Reading his biography of Lyndon Johnson is like reading Trollope. Cathleen Schine Writes Fiction. But She Prefers Not to Read It at Work. 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Q: Woody, you played Lyndon Johnson in a new movie yet to be released. A minute with: Woody Harrelson and Brie Larson on new film 'The Glass Castle' 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Obama led the Democrats to a conversion on equality much as Lyndon Johnson once led them to a conversion on race. GOP: Gays out of the party 2012-10-09T11:45:00Z Other presidents, such as Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, were able to publish their books faster with the help of aides and ghostwriters. Presidential Memoirs Don’t Always Take This Long to Write 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Bush said that former President George W. Bush is currently reading "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson," written by one of the authors who will attend, Robert A. Caro. Laura Bush announces Texas Book Festival lineup 2012-09-12T21:49:09Z “They obviously wanted to create a villain, and really miss who Lyndon Johnson was,” he said. Depiction of Lyndon B. Johnson in 'Selma’ Raises Hackles 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson happened once to glance up and meet my look. At 100, Herman Wouk re-emerges with a memoir, ‘Sailor and Fiddler’ 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z In 1968, another Minnesotan, Democratic Sen. Eugene McCarthy, built his campaign around opposing the Vietnam War and finished second in New Hampshire’s primary, helping push President Lyndon Johnson into forgoing a second term. Biden will face a primary bid from Rep. Dean Phillips, who says Democrats need to focus on future 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson won the New Hampshire primary in 1968 as a write-in candidate, although he dropped out of the race 19 days later. So Biden’s a no-show on the New Hampshire primary ballot. What happens next? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z In the mid-1960s, President Lyndon Johnson declared a “War on Poverty.” How the Daughter of Sharecroppers Revolutionized Preschoolers' Health 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Of note, President Lyndon Johnson was a public school teacher in rural Texas. One nation on two different paths 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Last year, public approval for unions reached its highest level since the Lyndon Johnson presidency. Strike Is a High-Stakes Gamble for Autoworkers and the Labor Movement 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Many other Cold War liberals never gave up their belief in collective human progress, including the Cold War Democratic presidents Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and the prominent intellectuals who advised them. How liberalism sabotaged itself: Are Cold War intellectuals to blame? 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Efforts to suppress or weaken voter turnout are of special interest to the LBJ Foundation, Updegrove said, given that President Lyndon Johnson considered his signing of the Voting Rights Act his “proudest legislative accomplishment.” Presidential centers issue joint statement calling out the fragile state of US democracy 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson: Today we’re able to announce that we will have open and we believe operating this summer coast to coast some two thousand child development centers, serving possibly a half a million children. How the Daughter of Sharecroppers Revolutionized Preschoolers' Health 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z He was acting as a conduit to North Vietnam for the administration of President Lyndon Johnson, which was working on a peace deal it hoped to announce before the 1968 presidential election. Henry Kissinger at 100: A centenarian with a remarkable life — and still a war criminal 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z No Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state since President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. South Dakota Democratic Party ousts state chair who was accused of creating hostile work environment 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, prohibiting racial discrimination in voting practices. The past isn't dead: Teaching the truth about America's racial history is critical 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z Regulators under administrations dating to President Lyndon Johnson have set out new guidelines, which serve largely as a matter of policy intent because they are not enforced by law. Biden’s Antitrust Team Isn’t Backing Down From a Fight 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z And after Kennedy was assassinated, Shriver was tapped to head up President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty program. How the Daughter of Sharecroppers Revolutionized Preschoolers' Health 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The next vice president, Lyndon Johnson, declined a black bag. You always hear about the ‘nuclear football.’ Here’s the behind-the-scenes story 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z It also said Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, had plans to expand the war, including bombing in North Vietnam, despite saying during the 1964 campaign that he would not. Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked 'Pentagon Papers,' dies at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z No release date has been set for what’s supposed to be the final book in “The Years of Lyndon Johnson” series, the first of which was published in 1982. Robert Caro’s last book on LBJ likely won’t be delayed by editor Robert Gottlieb’s death 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Now 83, Finkelstein still isn’t sure how he ended up witnessing the signing — on his 25th birthday — but figured President Lyndon Johnson wanted people who had worked on the bill to be present. Young lawyer who helped write voting rights bill ‘star-struck’ as he witnessed 1965 signing into law 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The occasion that day was President Lyndon Johnson’s scheduled signing of the Voting Rights Act, which Congress had passed the day before. LBJ’s daughter Luci watched him sign voting rights bill, then cried when Supreme Court weakened it 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z In December 1964, Young and King headed to Washington to meet with President Lyndon Johnson after King had just accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King’s side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Before Clinton, the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson, who won California as part of his 1964 landslide. How California, land of Nixon and Reagan, turned blue and changed American politics 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z You could take one sentence after another from his speeches there and find almost identical ones that President Lyndon Johnson used in speaking to American troops in Vietnam in 1966. Aggression made easy: The wars we don’t (care to) see 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Four days later, twenty-two thousand U.S. troops invaded in order to prevent a communist takeover, as President Lyndon Johnson claimed. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Most modern-era first ladies, including Jill Biden, have engaged with members of the British royal family because the late queen had met every American president since Eisenhower, except for Lyndon Johnson. Jill Biden in UK for King Charles’ coronation, visits No. 10 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z King was inside the home when President Lyndon Johnson announced a bill that would become the Voting Rights Act of 1965. House where MLK planned Alabama marches to be dismantled, moved to Michigan and rebuilt 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Citing President Lyndon Johnson’s handling of Vietnam, Carter included the last Democratic president alongside disgraced Republican Richard Nixon as guilty of “lying, cheating and distorting the truth.” Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How ‘the weirdo factor’ rocked ‘76 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z While unemployment was lower for a period under Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, a smaller share of people was in the labor force compared with now. Unemployment fell to 3.5% under Biden. For how much longer? 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z The resolution gave President Lyndon Johnson permission to retaliate against North Vietnamese attacks and to act first to defend U.S. lives. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z “Lyndon Johnson said: ‘If I can get 200 more votes, I’ve got it won.’ AP WAS THERE: Uncovering Lyndon B Johnson’s stolen election 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z In Vietnam, President Lyndon Johnson used a 1964 congressional resolution for military force, after an alleged attack on U.S. ships, to steadily draw U.S. forces deeper into the increasingly unpopular war. Why the debate over repealing Iraq War approval matters 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Indeed, the War on Poverty declared by Lyndon Johnson in 1964 was in many respects a success. Perspective | Why are so many Americans poor? Because we allow it, two books argue. 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z In the late 1960s and early 1970s, President Lyndon Johnson’s advisers tried to work the program into the War on Poverty. Oregon opens the door to universal basic income in WA 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The last one was Lyndon Johnson, who did not seek reelection in 1968 after his presidency became unmoored by the Vietnam War. Analysis: Can Biden make his case for four more years? 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z But he joined a subsequent procession that successfully crossed the bridge toward the Capitol in Montgomery, punctuating efforts that pushed Congress to pass and President Lyndon Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On King’s holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z “Dr. King worked with Lyndon Johnson and was able to bring about some of the most legislative, transformative things that literally changed our life,” Rev. Sharpton said. Biden touts his appointments of Black women as federal judges at MLK Day event 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z He fought for voting rights for Black Americans and witnessed President Lyndon Johnson sign the Voting Rights Act into law. Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by practicing his words, continuing his work 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z The other shows Lyndon Johnson solemnly taking the oath of office on Air Force One in 1963 following the assassination of President Kennedy. In Pennsylvania, the 2020 Election Still Stirs Fury. And a Recount. 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., compared this session to the Lyndon Johnson and Franklin Roosevelt administrations that produced some of the nation’s most lasting laws. After Jan. 6: Congress born of chaos ends in achievement 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Caro, who also wrote “The Power Broker,” has published four volumes of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson” over a period of 40 years. Caro still working away on fifth LBJ book, no pub date set 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z He looked instead to a leader who would fit his ambition to document the uses and effects of political power on a national scale: Lyndon Johnson. Robert Caro, Gottlieb and the mystic chords of memory 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Fifty-five years ago, pundits scoffed when a Democratic senator announced that he was running against incumbent Lyndon Johnson for their party's presidential nomination. Will the ghost of Eugene McCarthy haunt Joe Biden's path to re-election? 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z After President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, President Lyndon Johnson postponed the ceremony until days before Christmas as the nation observed a thirty-day period of national mourning. National Christmas Tree blazes to life with Biden lighting 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Ronald Reagan made a similar argument in the early 1960s against Lyndon Johnson's Great Society proposal to start a single-payer health care system for seniors called Medicare. Republicans and billionaires are selling Americans a deadly caricature of "freedom" 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z It didn’t make me angry because Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon were both dead by then. Buffy Sainte-Marie shines despite sabotage in new documentary 'Carry It On' 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Special teams coordinator Lyndon Johnson will serve as interim coach, the school announced Monday. Towson football coach Rob Ambrose out after 13 seasons 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “His experience, wisdom and unique connection to the middle class is why he has the most significant legislative accomplishments since Lyndon Johnson.” An Emboldened Biden Now Faces a Tough Choice About His Own Future 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson considered using a nuclear weapon to prevent China from acquiring nuclear weapons. North Korea’s new law is far from the only nuclear threat the world faces 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z He has been married to his wife Linda since Lyndon Johnson was in the White House. Can Al Michaels make streaming the NFL on Amazon Prime Video a Thursday night ritual? 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z All told, the queen met 13 of the last 14 American presidents, all except Lyndon Johnson. Queen Elizabeth's reign featured enchiladas with Reagan, dancing with Ford 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson, irked by Buchwald’s criticism of the Vietnam War, ordered the National Security Agency to secretly surveil the humorist. Review | The remarkable career, and long-hidden pain, of satirist Art Buchwald 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Thus, since the amendment’s adoption, the only president to forgo a reelection bid was the architect of the Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson — hardly a model his successors have wished to emulate. Perspective | The unsung virtues of a one-term presidency 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The queen had met every American president since Dwight Eisenhower, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson. Live updates: Charles formally proclaimed King 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at age 96, had met every American president since Dwight Eisenhower, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson, who did not visit Britain during his presidency. From Eisenhower to Biden, queen met every US president but one 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Lord would also speak proudly of a project he declined: Lyndon Johnson’s memoir. Sterling Lord, uniquely enduring literary agent, dies at 102 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z On November 21, 1963, he accompanied Lyndon Johnson to Texas to rally his supporters. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson said "we will seek no wider war" in reference to Vietnam and then did just that. How Trump redefined shameless hypocrisy — and made it politically indispensable 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson’s administration expanded the national government’s role in society even more. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In fact, Kansas has supported only one Democratic presidential candidate — Lyndon Johnson — in more than 80 years. If the majority is irrelevant, how do you explain Kansas? 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z During the Vietnam War, it got to the point where Lyndon Johnson could not speak anywhere except a military base. Historian Linda Hirshman: We need a "revived feminist movement" ready to fight "white innocence" 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z To quiet the rumors and allay fears that the government was hiding evidence, Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy’s successor, appointed a fact-finding commission headed by Earl Warren, chief justice of the U.S. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson feared the urban riots could elect Goldwater, and felt the need to condemn them — while calling for racial justice. Racism, policing, politics and violence: How America in 2022 was shaped by 1964 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The bill was supported by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, both of whom were Democrats. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Movers and shakers such as Lyndon Johnson, warts and all, knew that the art of politics necessitated deal-making to get things accomplished. Defund the Democrats: Stop giving money to the party of surrender and inaction 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z As a child, she idolized Lyndon Johnson and imagined running for office. Why a Rhodes Scholar’s Ambition Led Her to a Job at Starbucks 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Nixon harshly critiqued Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, and he promised a secret plan to end the war in Vietnam honorably and bring home the troops. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson also signs the Higher Education Act of 1965 that gives college students access to loans, grants and other programs. Title IX timeline: 50 years of halting progress across U.S. 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Salinger and Jack Valenti, an ad executive who become one of Lyndon Johnson’s closest aides and later led the Motion Picture Association of America. Nancy Clark Reynolds, a Player in Reagan’s Washington, Dies at 94 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z When President Lyndon Johnson gave John Wayne military assistance to make the 1968 film “The Green Berets,” audiences flocked to Wayne’s effort to glorify the “American fighting man.” ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ scores rare apolitical hit without woke politics 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Following the 1966 University of Texas shooting, President Lyndon Johnson called for urgent legislation and lamented the sway of a "powerful gun lobby" when the new regulations fell well short of his ambitions. Texas shooting: Uvalde tragedy opens old wounds for Sandy Hook parents 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Kennedy would not live to see his bill enacted; it would become law during Lyndon Johnson’s administration as the 1964 Civil Rights Act. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z It was given the axe under the Nixon administration, though, not by Lyndon Johnson. The weird true story of how NASA almost ended up with a huge campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The chronically high inflation of the 1970s has been attributed, in part, to political pressure that led the Fed to forego steep rate hikes under Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Senate confirms Powell for 2nd term as Fed fights inflation 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z He stayed on as Lyndon Johnson’s secretary of defense after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Review | Robert McNamara as a loving father — who couldn’t talk about Vietnam 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z That hanging mentioned above stayed right where it had been since Lyndon Johnson was president. In a multigenerational home, design choices can be emotional 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z In what ways were the policies of Richard Nixon different from those of his Democratic predecessors John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson? U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In future years, the story somehow became that Lyndon Johnson put the kibosh on the center to move operations to his native Texas. The weird true story of how NASA almost ended up with a huge campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson gave it a try with his War on Poverty, which was more of a success than history credits it. Universal basic income: An argument without end 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The party still held the reins in the Senate in 1967 when President Lyndon Johnson maneuvered to create a Supreme Court opening and then sought to fill it with a groundbreaking choice. Marshall, 1st Black justice, faced down Senate critics 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Robert McNamara, who was secretary of defense under Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s and one of the chief architects of the disastrous war in Vietnam, is the film's subject. Don’t be fooled: The GOP love affair with Putin is worse than it looks 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z This group included a young Harvard economist, Dr. Robert Weaver, who subsequently became the nation’s first Black cabinet secretary in 1966, as President Lyndon Johnson’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy’s vice president, became president on the same day Kennedy was assassinated. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson told Congress that North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As but two illustrations of the point, take the experiences of Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, the phrase was first coined in the mid-1960s by the late economist Arthur Okun, who was an adviser to former President Lyndon Johnson. The Biden Misery Index has arrived 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The tragedy of Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas brought an early end to the era, leaving Americans to wonder whether his vice president and successor, Lyndon Johnson, would bring Kennedy’s vision for the nation to fruition. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z When he signed it, President Lyndon Johnson called it “one of the most monumental laws in the entire history of American freedom.” myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After the assassination of Kennedy in 1963, Lyndon Johnson assumed the presidency. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On each of the eight occasions when a President died in office, the Vice President succeeded to that office—most recently Lyndon Johnson, following John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, President Lyndon Johnson taped many of his private conversations, but they didn’t become available until decades after his death. Trump’s stash of documents shows ‘fragile’ historical record 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z JFK’s successor, Lyndon Johnson, was here several times. Presidential visits trace L.A. history from small town to big-money donors 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Americans showed Lyndon Johnson that they approved of his plans. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Wars can get started by Democrats, such as Harry S. Truman in Korea or John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson in Vietnam, and perpetuated by Republicans. Democrats won't oppose the war state: Are they the lesser evil — or the more effective one? 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z President John F. Kennedy increased that aid, and President Lyndon Johnson committed the United States to full-scale war in early 1965. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z During her reign, there have been 14 U.S. presidents, all of whom she has met bar Lyndon Johnson. Queen Elizabeth quietly marks 70 years on the British throne 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z In 1964, Sen. Barry Goldwater — who was running for president on the Republican ticket — openly opposed the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts that President Lyndon Johnson was then pushing through Congress. GOP's new voter suppression tactic is also an old one: "Election police" 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z In 1968, Lyndon Johnson said he would not run for president again. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Biden might have been in a better position today if he’d followed the tactics of two famous Democratic predecessors, Lyndon Johnson and Franklin Roosevelt. Perspective | Biden waited too long to engage on voting rights. It’ll cost him — and voters. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z When racial unrest exploded into violence in Detroit during the “long, hot summer” of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson ordered units of the United States Army into the city. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z One reason that changed was the masterful work of historian Robert Caro, whose chronicles of Lyndon Johnson’s time in the Senate, published two decades ago, showed new light on Russell’s role in resisting civil rights. Russell building named for segregationist senator remains; decision to change falls to Schumer 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z When the president is aligned with a strong regime, he has considerable authority, as Lyndon Johnson realized when he expanded the New Deal with the Great Society. Opinion | Why the Biden Presidency Feels Like Such a Disappointment 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The anti-measles policy, for example, was an outgrowth of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and War on Poverty initiatives. Opinion | Behind Low Vaccination Rates Lurks a More Profound Social Weakness 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Boyle also plumbs the diaries of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon to offer glimpses of their interior worlds. Review | An account of the 1960s that goes beyond the baby boomers’ perspective 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson tried to persuade companies to forgo price increases and labor unions to limit wage demands — a practice known as “jawboning.” Biden aims to do what presidents often can’t: Beat inflation 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Two years later, she was facing down President Lyndon Johnson and the national civil rights leadership at the Democratic National Convention. Review | What Fannie Lou Hamer can teach today’s activists 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The last Democrat running for president who won a majority of white people in his election was Lyndon Johnson. Is the new GOP "Southern Strategy" civil war & bloodshed...and a return to "Leave It To Beaver"? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z If enacted, Mr. Biden’s massive bill, which is known as the Build Back Better Act, would be the largest expansion of the social safety net since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society in the 1960s. Birthday blues: Biden will turn 79 stung by sinking polls, doubts about future 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z He’s had dreams of being able to bend the will of the Senate using his 36-years in the chamber, emulating Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s. Biden gets his ‘infrastructure week,’ crossing another goal off Trump’s to-do list 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z In an interview, Mr. Norcross described Mr. Sweeney as “the Lyndon Johnson of the State Legislature” who “brought order to the chaos.” Stephen Sweeney, N.J. Senate President, Loses to Republican Truck Driver 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z While researching his book on the Goldwater campaign, called "Before the Storm," historian Rick Perlstein unearthed a memo written by a Lyndon Johnson staffer outlining the scheme: GOP rigs Virginia in the Big Lie's favor 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. were among the great champions of progressive ideas in the 20th century. The battle of subcultures 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z “I’m interested in the people who have preceded me and how they lived,” said Lynda Johnson Robb, 77, the oldest daughter of Lyndon Johnson, when asked about this new organization. When Truman is your grandpa: The complicated lives of presidential descendants 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Even so, the president claimed a pre-emptive legislative achievement on par with those enacted by Franklin D Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. Biden’s economic agenda hangs in the balance after another delayed vote on infrastructure – live 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Together with a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, Biden claimed the infusion of federal investments would be a domestic achievement modeled on those of Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. Biden announces ‘historic’ deal — but no action yet 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson wanted to see him, but the pontiff was a chief of a state not officially recognized by the U.S. Presidents and popes over the years: Gifts, gaffes, grief 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Democratic leaders continued to frame the legislation as transformational, an heir to Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. Democrats push novel taxes on billionaires and huge corporations 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The following year, Daniel and his parents represented the Truman family at President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 inauguration, and were invited to a private breakfast at the White House. When Truman is your grandpa: The complicated lives of presidential descendants 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Biden's agenda is far less ambitious than the big bills passed under Franklin D. Roosevelt or Lyndon Johnson. Joe Biden's Nixon moment: A policy agenda that could change history — and the media yawns 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z “Biden seems to have absorbed liberal historians’ suggestion that he can be the next Franklin Roosevelt or Lyndon Johnson, but ignores the fact that he doesn’t have large, like-minded congressional majorities. Worldwide survey has politicians as least-trusted profession 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Biden was born as the New Deal was bearing fruit under Franklin Roosevelt, and he was a young adult when the Great Society took shape under Lyndon Johnson. Analysis: Dems’ test: Can government deliver — and will it? 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Polling in the immediate aftermath of the attacks showed that trust in government reached a peak not seen since Lyndon Johnson was president in the 1960s. Twenty years later, I wonder how a terrible Tuesday in September changed me 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z When those laws passed, President Lyndon Johnson predicted they would lead the Democratic Party to lose the South for a generation. Opinion | Thomas Jefferson Gave the Constitution 19 Years. Look Where We Are Now. 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson supposedly knew this was happening but did not go public with it. Untwist your knickers, Trump fans: History says the 2020 election was nothing special 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z But President Lyndon Johnson prevented the group of rebel Democrats from voting in the convention and instead let Jim Crow southerners remain, drawing national attention. 1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson, a Texas chauvinist who wrapped himself in the reflected glory, also had a big hand in perpetuating the phony narrative. Column: Remembering the Alamo, Texans fight over myth versus history 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z He had his differences with Lyndon Johnson as well but gave him credit for pressing forward with the civil rights laws, even with the knowledge that it would most likely end his political career. What Thurgood Marshall Taught Me 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Leaving aside Lyndon Johnson's short-lived Great Society program that was smothered by Vietnam War spending, no White House agendas since the 1940s really merit the term "progressive." Bernie Sanders has forged a remarkable bond with Joe Biden — is that a good thing? 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z In their sights is a legislative feat on par with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal or Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. Once rivals, Biden and Sanders are now partners in power 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Amount President Lyndon Johnson temporarily raised top tax rates to pay for Vietnam War: 77%. The cost of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson pushed civil rights legislation hard, over the objections of some of his political allies who felt it was too risky. Opinion | The Biden administration needs to take democracy issues much more seriously 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z He was joined in the last round by Harry McPherson, an old Washington hand who has been the White House lawyer for Lyndon Johnson. Opinion | Friends in High Places 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z After the Watts uprising in 1965, while President Lyndon Johnson compared Black “looters” to “the night riders of the Ku Klux Klan,” Kennedy insisted that “just saying ‘obey the law’ is not going to work. Review | Robert Kennedy’s path from son of privilege to civil rights ally 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Another pocket of consistency is the span of 35 years from FDR through Lyndon Johnson. Column: In surprise upset, historians rule that Trump was not the worst president ever 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Mississippi’s then-governor claimed their disappearance was a hoax, and segregationist Sen. Jim Eastland told President Lyndon Johnson it was a “publicity stunt” before their bodies were dug up, found weeks later in an earthen dam. Case files on 1964 civil rights worker killings made public 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z One aide suggested Schumer is no arm-twisting leader in the style of Lyndon Johnson, who before he became president was famous for his hardball cajoling as majority leader. Time ticking away, Democrats face wrenching test on agenda 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z PORTLAND, Maine — Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top secret mission to Vietnam, three years before President Lyndon Johnson officially sent U.S. combat troops to the country. Vietnam vets killed during secret Pacific mission get Maine memorial nearly 60 years later 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z A year later, President Lyndon Johnson declared the War on Poverty, which led to the passage of Medicare and Medicaid and significant investment in community health. This is how we address America's mental health crisis 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z We headed for a party at Lyndon Johnson’s house, the vice president. Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary reflects on ‘Just Causes,’ the story behind ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z The proposal, if passed in its current form by Congress, would be the most sweeping federal intervention in the economy since former President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs in the 1960s. Analysis: Biden, Powell paddling in same direction on policy front 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Biden is attempting to craft a legacy as the next iteration of Franklin D. Roosevelt or Lyndon Johnson. Democratic insider David Rothkopf on Biden's historic first 100 days — and the danger ahead 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z That’s the year that Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, comprising Medicare and Medicaid, was enacted in the last major expansion of the safety net. Column: Biden's American Families Plan would make the social safety net a reality 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson backed out of running for another term after barely winning the New Hampshire primary and anointed Vice President Hubert Humphrey as his heir apparent. "Trial of the Chicago 7": A flawed film — but highly relevant to America in 2021 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Biden isn’t wrong to associate himself with the New Deal in its broad strokes, just as Lyndon Johnson exploited the same legacy to pass the Great Society programs Medicare and Medicaid. Column: Is Biden the next FDR? That depends on what you think about the New Deal 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z “He is almost certain to try it again with his next two spending proposals, the largest since Lyndon Johnson‘s Great Society programs. Biden’s bait-and-switch presidency 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z He is crafting himself as the next Lyndon Johnson or Franklin D. Roosevelt with his own version of the Great Society and New Deal. Trumpers on the rehab trail: Does America just want to forget this happened? 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z On the eve of the deal in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson dismissed concerns raised by a resident that the trade winds would carry the plant’s fumes and waste to the southern shore’s “magnificent beaches.” Refinery rained oil onto Virgin Islands community that awaits cleanup a month later 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z She quickly became a spokesperson and ambassador for the American Foundation for the Blind and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, according to the foundation. Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan: What to know about the trailblazers for the blind and deaf 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z After the major left-wing social and economic achievements of the Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson presidencies, Democratic presidents became increasingly timid and centrist in their approach. Biden's COVID stimulus is the biggest economic relief yet. Here's what that means for you 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z “She fills out this picture now that we have of the Johnson presidency,” said the historian Robert Dallek, who spent 14 years researching two books on Lyndon Johnson. In Lady Bird Johnson’s Secret Diaries, a Despairing President and a Crucial Spouse 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z By contrast, when President Lyndon Johnson’s “guns and butter” policy stoked inflation in the mid-1960s, output exceeded potential by about 5 percent. The Biden Economy Risks a Speeding Ticket 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Medicare Advantage covered 24 million people last year — nearly four in 10 of those on the vast government insurance program that began as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society of the mid-1960s. Becerra commits to private-sector Medicare but indicates it is too generous 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Soon after, President Lyndon Johnson's surprise decision not to run for reelection turned the race for the presidency upside down. Joe Biden echoes MLK's call to save America's soul. But is that even possible? 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z “I leave my troubles outside the gate,” Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon Johnson, once said of the camp. At Camp David retreat, Biden hangs out, shows he’s got game 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Some, like Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, preside over military buildups; others, like Dwight Eisenhower and Bill Clinton, drawdowns. Opinion | Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The official federal poverty measure, created when Lyndon Johnson was president, is badly outdated. Even Biden’s $1.9 trillion isn’t nearly enough pandemic relief 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z The moment carried echoes of Lyndon Johnson, who assumed the presidency amid another period of racial turmoil, said Ravi Perry, chairman of the political science department at Howard University. With orders focused on equity, Biden takes first step aimed at dismantling systemic racism 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z You’re on to part three of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson”? That calls for tapas. Opinion | I Will Never Bail on My Friends Again 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Former President Lyndon Johnson was probably not the first, nor certainly the last, to note that more Americans have died on the nation's roads than in all of its wars combined. In battle against "the highway disease," traffic safety agency attacked as asleep at the wheel 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson’s Kerner Commission would later conclude that police action sparked half of the 24 nationwide uprisings probed in detail. Research: Aggressive policing escalates violence at protests 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The progressive rethinking of the federal government’s relationship with the people that began with Social Security didn’t reach its full flowering until three decades later, with Lyndon Johnson’s creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Column: Trump's defeat was supposed to launch a new progressive era, so what happened? 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson in 1964 was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win Idaho. EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Wyoming hasn’t chosen a Democrat for president since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Trump, Lummis and Cheney win in Wyoming 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z In fact, the political atmosphere was so bad for President Lyndon Johnson that the Democrat didn’t seek reelection. 6 questions going into the presidential election 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Although in The Trial of the Chicago 7, the titular trial is only pursued because Richard Nixon’s newly installed administration decides to press charges that Lyndon Johnson’s DOJ did not recommend. The Trial of the Chicago 7 doesn’t know who its villain is 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z I think that this particular configuration of the Republican Party began probably when Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and said, "We shall overcome." Psychiatrist Judith Herman: Trump’s collapse in the polls has “undeniably” made him more “dangerous” 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Other than 2008, when Barack Obama carved out a narrow win, Indiana hasn’t favored a Democrat for president since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The last Democrat to carry the county in a presidential race was Texas native Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and all five members of its governing board are still Republicans. White evangelicals hope to keep changing Texas red for Trump 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z A week later, McCain sent a letter to President Lyndon Johnson. Roberta McCain, ‘rebellious’ heiress, Navy wife and mother of senator, dies at 108 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z He hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, a decision he still regrets. As Trump stumbles, voters finalize their choices, and Biden’s lead grows 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Perhaps proving that he wasn’t talented at deception, Salinger used the same cold excuse to explain Vice President Lyndon Johnson’s impromptu flight from Hawaii to the White House at the same time. A Brief History of Presidents Disclosing—Or Trying to Hide—Health Problems 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson in 1964 was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state. EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z We came to this part of Ohio because it’s where President Lyndon Johnson decades ago first mentioned the Great Society, perhaps the most audacious federal push to remake America since World War II. In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson did some very good things in his life in politics, and some bad ones too. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The list was led by Lyndon Johnson with 5.3% a year, followed by Kennedy, Clinton, Reagan, Carter and Eisenhower, in that order. Column: Trump claims the economy will do better if he's reelected. History says he's wrong 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z He should bring up the name of Lyndon Johnson, who supported passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act and signed them into law. Opinion | Trump loves low blows, but voters want a clean debate. Biden shouldn’t take the bait. 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z A Democrat hasn’t won a presidential race in Nebraska since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Hillary Clinton carried Chester County by almost 10 percentage points, the first Democrat to win there since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Trump’s Ohio suburb slide signals peril in industrial north 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson’s lies during the Vietnam War, by contrast, “poisoned not only his presidency and his war but American political life itself.” Review | Trump is hardly the first serial liar in the White House. But his deceptions are different. 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The ‘defeat’ must be laid at the feet of Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara, and not the military. The Sun Belt warms to Trump 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Rather than informing reporters, Demetracopoulos sought a path to President Lyndon Johnson. Review | Pursuing truth — and fame — a reporter blurred journalism’s boundaries 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson in 1964 was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state. EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z I’d also say that both Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson were at least as “controversial” than Trump in their own ways. Five key counties to watch 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z In a previous column, I mentioned his ill-fated turn in HBO’s “Path to War,” when Steve was tapped to be an extra, playing a Secret Service agent sitting in a limo next to Lyndon Johnson. Perspective | That’s a wrap! Final memories of movies and shows shot in Washington. 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z But his problem is that he’s the incumbent, the Lyndon Johnson to Joe Biden’s Richard Nixon, whose campaign slogan was, “Bring us together.” Opinion | No, Wisconsin won’t make Democrats lose 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z He served in the post until the end of President Lyndon Johnson’s term in 1969, overseeing major efforts including the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the expansion of the National Park system. Arizona picks senators, military for Trump’s heroes garden 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson in 1964 was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state. EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Over the next week, the Treasury secretary all but moved into the Capitol, occupying the Senate office once belonging to Lyndon Johnson. Steven Mnuchin Tried to Save the Economy. Not Even His Family Is Happy. 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z The movie was HBO’s “Path to War,” about Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam. Perspective | Movie motors: Four-wheeled actors set the scene in these D.C. films 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson crushed Barry Goldwater by a record vote margin, and after ceding 36 House seats, the GOP was outnumbered 2 to 1 in both chambers of Congress. Review | How Reagan captured the presidency, and the right captured politics 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z He was the Republican nominee for president in 1964, defeated by Lyndon Johnson. Arizona picks senators, military for Trump’s heroes garden 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson in 1964 was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state. EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z He offered the example of Lyndon Johnson, with whom he had worked closely, a famously mean-spirited and vindictive person who was also an immensely skillful and effective political leader. Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the postal police: Is this election really about "decency"? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Former Senator Charles S. Robb of Virginia, who married Lyndon Johnson’s elder daughter, said Mr. Biden’s “natural inclination is, to use a term associated with my father-in-law, to bring us together.” Democrats Have Their Doubts About Biden’s Bipartisan Bonhomie 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z As I discovered soon after launching my blog, “Letters to My Kids,” most U.S. presidents, from Washington and Jefferson to Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, left similar legacies. Perspective | Pandemic is a wake-up call for me to jot down keepsake ‘letters’ for my kids 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z He says he also comes out ahead of Lyndon Johnson, who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Acts of 1965. Trump and Biden couldn't be more different on the complicated issue of race 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson in 1964 was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state. EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z In 1964, during President Lyndon Johnson's first term, 77 percent of Americans said they trusted the government to do what is right "just about always" or "most of the time." Anti-government propaganda is a Republican ploy meant to disarm progressives 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z And, after years of protest and organizing by black leaders, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which intended to enfranchise black voters by outlawing discriminatory tactics such as literacy tests. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s 55 years to the day since Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act, the first federal legislation designed to protect American voters from Jim Crow-era racism and voter suppression. In an age of voter suppression, here's how we're commemorating the Voting Rights Act | Ankita Rao 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Hassan, the other senator from New Hampshire, is the daughter of Robert Wood, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Lyndon Johnson. Veepstakes Heats Up: Guide to Biden’s running mate options 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z He describes Lyndon Johnson, Clinton and Obama as the three “Rushmore-worthy” presidents of his lifetime. Paul Begala on Trump: 'Nothing unites the people of Earth like a threat from Mars' 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z And their words reached the White House – and Lyndon Johnson, son of the south, said “We shall overcome”, and the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. John Lewis knew the march is not yet over, the race is not yet won | Barack Obama 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z And their words reached the White House – and Lyndon Johnson, son of the South, said “We shall overcome,” and the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. Transcript: Barack Obama’s address at John Lewis’ funeral 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Bloody Sunday and the voting rights marches occurred two years later, months before President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act. At Lewis funeral, Obama calls for renewing Voting Rights Act 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The Democratic Party has not won the majority of white votes since 1964 with Lyndon Johnson. Tiffany Cross on why Biden needs a Black woman: If he thinks he's "Joebama," he's wrong 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Eight days later, President Lyndon Johnson introduced the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights legislation. 'He never yielded': mourners pay respects to John Lewis outside Capitol 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z He’s also doing documentaries on the United States’ actions during the Holocaust, the comeback of the buffalo and the history of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. Burns outlines 8 projects; PBS launches documentary service 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “When Lyndon Johnson — a Texan — went before Congress and said, ‘We shall overcome,’ that changed the job description of every president since,” said Riley, who co-chairs the Miller Center Presidential Oral History Program at UVA. News Analysis: 'Something's got to give': Trump stirs old racial hatred, but this time feels different 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on Aug. 6 of that year. Body of John Lewis arrives in DC to lie in state at Capitol 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z He managed to escape to a nearby church and spoke at a press conference calling for President Lyndon Johnson to send military reinforcements to Alabama. John Lewis, civil rights icon, congressman for 33 years, dead at 80 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson days later demanded that Congress approve legislation removing barriers to Black voting. John Lewis, U.S. congressman and sharecropper's son, was civil rights hero 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Five months later, with Lewis among the collection of civil rights leaders at the White House, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. Obituary: Representative John Lewis 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Within days, King led more marches in the state, and President Lyndon Johnson soon was pressing Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act. US Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon, dead at 80 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z As an aide to President Lyndon Johnson, he helped pass both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and later served as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Opinion | Putting Heroes, and Traitors, Where They Belong 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z I was born in 1964, the year Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Opinion | Richmond’s Monument Avenue must be for everyone 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The same was true of Barry Goldwater four years earlier when Lyndon Johnson ran as the heir to a martyred John Kennedy. Power Rankings: Iowa swings for the fences 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill, which moved commemorations for Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day and Veterans Day to Monday, creating three-day holiday weekends beginning in 1971. Today in History 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z The last Democratic candidate to emerge victorious there in a presidential election was Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Trump looks to reset campaign amid pandemic with Tulsa rally 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z No president has taken the oath without more than 40 percent of the electorate having voted against them since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Culture wars are won by voters, not politicians 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Nixon in 1968 was the outsider, seeking to challenge a Democratic White House in the form of the lame-duck president, Lyndon Johnson. Riots helped elect Nixon in 1968. Can Trump benefit from fear and loathing too? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z In a separate opinion poll at the same time, however, 45% believed the U.S. administration of President Lyndon Johnson was moving too fast on the voting rights and integration that protesters advocated. White Americans turn out for Floyd protests, but will they work for change? 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Sadly enough, the credibility gap is associated with Lyndon Johnson who, from 1963 to 1968, actually presided over the country's greatest efforts to end poverty since Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Great Depression-era New Deal. How the credibility gap became a chasm in the age of Trump 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Bush and Lyndon Johnson did before him and send regular military forces into American cities to keep the peace. Trump focused on means rather than ends 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The president at that moment, Lyndon Johnson, made no such gesture as U.S. cities burned. Buildings burn, and Trump talks tough. Where are the healers? 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Illinois was a fraud-o-rama and there are lots of questions about the numbers from Louisiana and Texas, the home of “Landslide” Lyndon Johnson. Presenting your Senate Power Rankings 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Antiwar protest first erupted in the wake of Lyndon Johnson's 1965 escalation of the war, and expanded enormously in subsequent years, spreading across the nation, with increasingly confrontational, and in some cases violent, tactics. From Kent State to Trump: 50 years later, the same divides plague America 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Generations later, the right to vote never seemed so important and newly triumphant as on the day President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Opinion | Trump Reveals the Truth About Voter Suppression 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z “One day when I was in my father’s office, he put me on the phone with then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson, who later became vice president and then president,” Toliver says. Meet legendary family in Texas 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Vietnam-era leaders from President Lyndon Johnson down spoke falsely of the “steady” and “dramatic” war progress, and, most famously, as my colleague Karen Tumulty noted, of the “light at the end of the tunnel.” Opinion | This pandemic is Trump’s Vietnam. He has earned his bone spurs. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The clear choice is the trio of Dwight Eisenhower, Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson. Wisconsin and the problem of too much democracy 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z That was the phrase President Lyndon Johnson used during the Vietnam War. Opinion | There Is an Antidote to Our Fear. It’s Called Leadership. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Still, there are historical warning signs for the White House — including the political downfall of presidents such as Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson after they lost credibility with much of the public. Talking through a pandemic: Trump uses words as a weapon in coronavirus response 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Martha Ackmann’s The Mercury 13 tells the story of the women Nasa trained as part of the Mercury programme in the 1960s, and how the US president Lyndon Johnson denied them the opportunity to fly. Let's move to Mars: the best books about our future in space 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson as he was reaching the pinnacle of his power in the Senate. Facing calls to quit, Burr seeks ethics probe 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The beatings, known as “Bloody Sunday,” generated anger across the nation 55 years ago this month and prompted President Lyndon Johnson to push the Voting Rights Act through Congress. Selma Online offers free civil rights lessons amid virus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z He governs by transaction, not inspiration, as a dispenser of favors and destroyer of insurgents’ dreams, the purest master of the machine since Lyndon Johnson in his prime. Andrew Cuomo Is the Control Freak We Need Right Now 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The Rev. Martin Luther King, his lieutenant Andrew Young and other activists sat down with President Lyndon Johnson after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Civil rights: The road to Bloody Sunday began 30 miles away 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The last time Idaho voted for a Democratic presidential candidate was Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Is Idaho turning a little blue? Primary might provide clues 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z More than 50 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared the War on Poverty. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The first politicians he chose to scorch were Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson. Pop art painter Peter Saul: 'What's the matter with me? Who knows' 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z His hope: That, as with the cases of Coolidge, Grant, Truman and Lyndon Johnson, contemporary criticisms might wear away and his achievements — in the economy, perhaps — might stand the test of historians. Truman and Coolidge go up, Jefferson and Jackson go down. How history remembers presidents 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z For example, the unemployment rate average was lower in Lyndon Johnson’s second term than it has been under Trump. Analysis | Fact-checking President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Amid the national turmoil and declining support within his own Democratic party, President Lyndon Johnson stunned the country and announced on March 31, 1968, that he would not run for a second term. Why Iowa caucuses are 'first in the nation': Brit Hume explains it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z That was when President Lyndon Johnson assembled a task force to design computer software that would help to solve the nation’s “crime problem”. Silicon Valley's cocaine problem shaped our racist tech 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z He said the Senate was eager to reassert its power against the “imperial presidencies” of both Lyndon Johnson and Nixon. Analysis | The Daily 202: Five reasons Trump is poised to get acquitted — but Watergate brought down Nixon 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Hedging even as they accused, the magazine’s editors pointed to “the belief, though not the proof, that Lyndon Johnson greatly surpassed Nixon in venality.” Opinion | Scandalize! Minimize! Repeat as Necessary 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z There’s also a handwritten note from President Lyndon Johnson sent 10 days after he succeeded Kennedy. Seller auctioning JFK docs from ex-California governor 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z In the 1960s Lyndon Johnson becomes president and he becomes a far more progressive figure than Kennedy. Radical historian Harvey J. Kaye: Only a progressive president can save America 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z “In fact, if you go back and look at Lyndon Johnson, all of ‘em, you know, Lyndon Johnson was sort of a tough guy. Trump says LBJ could be 'looking up' from hell, echoing remark about Dingell 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z In a study for the National Bureau of Economic Research, four economists evaluated the success of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. The Equality Conundrum 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z But it was President Lyndon Johnson who came in for the most brutal attacks, primarily for the sin of running against the conservative darling Senator Barry Goldwater. Opinion | Scandalize! Minimize! Repeat as Necessary 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Similarly, Lyndon Johnson’s boost in presidential approval was just a couple of percentage points when the war in Vietnam escalated. Rally round the flag: do wars boost presidential popularity? | Mona Chalabi 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z On one major occasion, Bernie Sanders spoke of Franklin Roosevelt, the better parts of Lyndon Johnson, and Martin Luther King when he described what democratic socialism actually means. Radical historian Harvey J. Kaye: Only a progressive president can save America 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z One Democrat called her an “as good or better” legislative leader than Lyndon Johnson, who was a Senate majority leader before he was president. Nancy Pelosi: the woman who stood up to Trump 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z If he does not enjoy the broad admiration Republicans afforded Ronald Reagan, he is more feared by his party’s lawmakers than any occupant of the Oval Office since at least Lyndon Johnson. Fear and Loyalty: How Donald Trump Took Over the Republican Party 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z It was made by Ann Hand, a designer in Washington, D.C. who specializes in patriotic jewelry, and is the wife of Lloyd Hand, the chief of protocol under Lyndon Johnson. Nancy Pelosi Went Dark for the House Debates. Her Pin Shined. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z In 1964, speaking at the University of Michigan, President Lyndon Johnson called for the U.S. to become a “great society.” Lessons of LBJ’s War on Poverty 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z And 30 years after the creation of Social Security, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law both Medicare and Medicaid. Why America is so poor at helping people who need long-term health care 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z In 1965, following a report from his Science Advisory Committee, President Lyndon Johnson asked Congress to pass a law curbing carbon dioxide emissions. Opinion | The World Solved the Ozone Problem. It Can Solve Climate Change. 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson was expecting long lines when he showed up at a Best Buy in Arlington on Friday morning. Weeks after ‘Black Friday’ sales started, it’s finally here. And it’s anticlimactic. 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson pushed Fed Chairman William McChesney Martin against a wall after Martin dared to raise the discount rate half a percentage point. Opinion | Trump Isn’t the First President to Make War on the Federal Reserve 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z First of all, I think Nancy Pelosi — one of the things I say in this book is that Lyndon Johnson was the greatest legislative leader of the century, except maybe Nancy Pelosi's better. Sen. Sherrod Brown on a "new progressive era" in America — and no, he's not running 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Notwithstanding the disappointing presidencies of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, so, too, did the Eleventh Commandment. False security: Trump and the Ten Commandments (plus one) of the national security state 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Warren is today’s embodiment of the great reforming US tradition of the Roosevelts, the Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson. Elizabeth Warren’s project is to remake capitalism. What can British politicians learn from her? | Will Hutton 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z His constituents reelected him 26 times over a period spanning 10 presidents, from Lyndon Johnson to Donald Trump. This week’s passages 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z One was Lyndon Johnson, who attacked Coke Stevenson, his opponent in his 1948 campaign for the Senate, for being beholden to unions — while he himself “courted CIO support behind the scenes,” Loomis noted. Column: The key to union resurgence is repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z He is the perfect mirror, just as Nixon followed Lyndon Johnson, Reagan followed Carter, and Bush followed Clinton, in performing not so much an oscillation but an exaggerated return to form. Trump will win again, easily: Liberals simply don't understand what he represents 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Eugene McCarthy's, D-Minn., surprise primary performance there in 1968 -- which lead incumbent President Lyndon Johnson to later drop out of the race. Republican 2020 candidate slams 'out of control' Trump after his attack on GOP critics 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z That bombing campaign had begun under President Lyndon Johnson, but it expanded in a staggering way in the Nixon years. Extorting Ukraine is bad enough, but Trump has done much worse 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z The Watergate scandal overlapped with late stages of the Vietnam War, which had bedeviled both Nixon and his Democratic predecessor, Lyndon Johnson. GOP unlikely to reprise role it played in Nixon’s 1974 exit 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Nixon’s great fear was that President Lyndon Johnson would start peace talks before Election Day, boosting Humphrey’s campaign along with hopes for an end to the war. Trump’s bad Nixon imitation may cost him the presidency 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson grievously abused the powers of office for political advantage but he never faced any repercussions. ‘Deserve’s got nothing to do with it’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “He was not going to go rogue and be Lyndon Johnson with these other leaders.” Trump’s call with Ukrainian leader is unlike anything presidential scholars have heard before 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z But it was overtly aligned with white supremacy for more than a century, and did not finally snap the tether until Lyndon Johnson and the Civil Rights Act. Doomed, delusional, divided and corrupt: How the Democratic Party became a haunted house 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson’s ambitious Great Society initiative was in full effect, and though she had intentions of pursuing a graduate degree, Mom decided first to put her idealism into practice. My Family’s Life Inside and Outside America’s Racial Categories 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “For a generation or two, since Lyndon Johnson transformed American immigration law, there wasn’t much need to talk about free immigration,” Sarna said. Family separation and refugee cap reinvigorate Jews’ activist roots: 'We’ve always been immigrants' 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Bernstein wrote to President Lyndon Johnson and explained that a weakness in his left arm left him unable to hold Gypsy’s leash. The DC panhandler who owned a Florida drag bar - The Washington Post 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Technically speaking, that year began with Lyndon Johnson in the White House — as a lame duck tainted by the Vietnam War who hadn't even run for re-election. Barack Obama was an awesome president — and Democrats shouldn't forget that 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z That drove the foundation of the welfare state and the NHS in Britain; in the US, it underpinned the “Great Society” and “War on Poverty” of Lyndon Johnson. Ibram X Kendi on why not being racist is not enough 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The only two departures had been in 1964 when segregationist Democrats intentionally burned their votes to spite Lyndon Johnson over the Civil Rights Act and 1972 when Democrats lost every state but Massachusetts. Trump full steam ahead on more background checks 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson convinced Congress to pass the landmark Civil Rights Act and established Medicare. Why Do Americans Feel That There’s No One to Help Us? 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z In 1964, after fishing resumed, President Lyndon Johnson ate a fish from the Narraguagus River that had been sliced into steaks and poached in a French style. The Last Presidential Salmon 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The last president to be an outspoken and assertive liberal, Lyndon Johnson, had left office in disgrace, as mentioned above. Barack Obama was an awesome president — and Democrats shouldn't forget that 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z All these positions enjoy support of 60% or more of the American people, a figure that coincides with Lyndon Johnson’s vote share when he set that record. Are the Democrats divided? No — they're poised to win big if they don't screw it up 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Utah leans heavy Republican and hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Biden to make campaign stop in Utah in September 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The hearings could do that because the senators made their case to the public, instead of spinning off half-understood references to conspiracies about the Lyndon Johnson administration. Perspective | The GOP’s questions to Mueller seemed bizarre — unless you watch Fox News 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Jacksonville also re-signed defensive lineman Lyndon Johnson, who appeared in three games as a rookie last season. Jaguars put Lee, Robinson, Armstead on PUP list before camp 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson did not blend easily into a crowd. Lyndon Johnson’s Unsung Role in Sending Americans to the Moon 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z “Lyndon Johnson can keep his head in the stars if he wants,” Eisenhower said. Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon: How their presidencies shaped the mission to the moon 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Under President Lyndon Johnson, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, as it was known at the time, began wielding its new hammer. Effective but never popular, court-ordered busing is a relic few would revive 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z He was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966 and served as an active judge for 50 years, the statement said. Judge Real, who desegregated California schools, dies at 95 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z He was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966 and served as an active judge for 50 years. Judge Real, who desegregated California schools, dies at 95 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z “There were mass demonstrations but there were no riots,” said James, who at the time ran the Tri-County Commission on Economic Opportunity, part of President Lyndon Johnson’s war on poverty. Lessons linger from Harrisburg’s 1969 racial turmoil 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z If elected, she would be America's first female president, as well as arguably the most outspokenly progressive president since Lyndon Johnson's administration more than 50 years earlier. Warren gaining in 2020 polls 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Brown said that right now he's reading Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson, but one of his all time favorites is "Ivanhoe." L.A. at its bizarre best: Strange talent show for fire-ravaged library brought the city together 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Talmadge once declared that "God advocates segregation" and boycotted the Democratic National Convention, along with a dozen other southern senators, after former President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Joe Biden defends comments about working with segregationist senators: "Apologize for what?" 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Talmadge once declared that "God advocates segregation" and boycotted the Democratic National Convention, along with a dozen other southern senators, after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. De Blasio slams Biden for lauding notoriously racist senators 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z A few months after Reeb’s death, Lyndon Johnson cited his name as he introduced the Voting Rights Act, which when passed led to huge increases in the registration of black voters and black elected officials. Alleged witness to 1965 murder of minister James Reeb admits she lied 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson in 1966 issued the first presidential proclamation designating the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z There was praise for the programs of Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Two Paths for the American Left 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z “Lyndon Johnson had it. And the obstacles were every bit as formidable in the era of civil rights legislation as they are now in certain ways.” Democrats are divided: Work with Republicans — or wage war against them? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z South was a stronghold for the party, and voted for Lyndon Johnson for president in 1964. Former U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi dies at 81 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z “It’s not the America that I dream for, the one I was trying to help set right. It’s not the America we had during the days of President Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. It’s different.” Rep. John Lewis says Trump's message in 2016 'arrested' the movement toward goodness, openness 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z In rapid order, President Lyndon Johnson presided over an avalanche of social legislation. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson was a beagle man, and brought a pair of the hounds to the White House with him. Biden blows away competition; Harris, Warren rise 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z On November 6, Lyndon Johnson became the first president to mention the threat in a message to Congress. What if we covered the climate crisis like we did the start of World War II? | Bill Moyers 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z He does hope to write an eventual full-bodied memoir, but only after finishing his fifth and final volume of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson.” Review | Biographer Robert Caro on his own life’s work 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z But the true theme of Robert A. Caro — biographer of New York visionary builder Robert Moses and Texas political behemoth Lyndon Johnson — is power. Robert A. Caro’s ‘Working’ gives a glimpse into the biographer’s mind 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson did the same, albeit with sterner prose, in “My Hope for America”: “Our land is young. Our strength is great. Our course is far from run.” Confessions of a Presidential Candidate 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson famously dressed down Chairman William McChesney Martin for presiding over Fed rate hikes and asked his aides about firing him, just as Trump has done with Powell. A Trump dilemma: Finding a dovish GOP ally to serve on Fed 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Abraham Lincoln was a genius at that, Lyndon Johnson was pretty good and President Obama, in modern times, is an all-star. Cass Sunstein on "How Change Happens": Hope that a better society is possible 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z “If there is a question that annoys Caro more than ‘Do you like Lyndon Johnson?’ ” writes one Caro interviewer, “it is, ‘When will the next book be published?’ Review | Biographer Robert Caro on his own life’s work 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z He added, “When Lyndon Johnson introduced Medicare, some Republicans said that’s ‘socialism.’ Joseph Stiglitz defines economic terms for 2020: "The swamp has never been murkier" 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z “People are always asking me: do you like Lyndon Johnson?” he says. Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z He called Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty “pitifully, even absurdly, inadequate.” John Hersey and the Art of Fact 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “It’s a case of Lyndon Johnson’s rule, isn’t it,” one May adviser said ruefully, reflecting on the parliamentary arithmetic. How May miscalculated the Brexit numbers game 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z But the next experience was the Vietnam War and Lyndon Johnson's lies, and that turned many of us quite cynical. Robert Reich on America's inequality crisis: Trump's "greedy enablers" will "reap the whirlwind" 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z When Lyndon Johnson introduced Medicare, some of the Republicans said that's socialism. Joseph Stiglitz defines economic terms for 2020: "The swamp has never been murkier" 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z But before Volcker, he said, the Fed did mold policy around the demands of Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, and arguably contributed to the runaway inflation of the 1970s. Would a political Fed rescue the world? 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Eastland was a strict segregationist who fiercely opposed civil rights laws and who, according to former Lyndon Johnson aide Joseph A. Califano Jr., demanded that presidents nominate segregationist federal judges in their states. Analysis | Schumer’s claim that ‘blue slips’ were a ‘longstanding requirement’ for judicial nominees 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z I suggest Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy’s replacement who pushed civil rights laws through Congress but, as it were, met his Waterloo in Vietnam. 'Transfers of power': Jared Cohen on Accidental Presidents and Trump 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z A lot of the targets were picked personally by Lyndon Johnson.” Robert Caro has a new book: Excerpts from AP interview 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The idea of the protest was a “stall-in”, an attempt to block the city’s streets with cars emptied of petrol on the day that President Lyndon Johnson was due to attend the fair. The big picture: a civil-rights ‘stall-in’, Harlem, 1964 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z The Trump tweets are in sharp contrast to that letter Lyndon Johnson sent to the Smothers brothers in 1968. The president was furious over a comedy skit. And it wasn’t Trump fuming about SNL. 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z His father worked for Lyndon Johnson during the Great Society and was Jimmy Carter’s assistant secretary of state before taking the helm of National Public Radio. The Daily 202: Decrying court packing, Michael Bennet pleads with Democrats to care more about electability 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z How does that distinguish you from previous presidents, many of whom were able to get things done because of their experiences in the Senate and as governors, like Lyndon Johnson and Franklin Roosevelt? Salon interview with 2020 presidential candidate John Delaney 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z He is also working on his fifth and presumed final book about Lyndon Johnson. Robert Caro has a new book: Excerpts from AP interview 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Images of the violence brought attention to the cause, and President Lyndon Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act that year. Presidential hopeful Booker, in Selma, says U.S. failing its people 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Rodriguez later held a number of positions under presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Armando Rodriguez, WWII vet who served 4 US presidents, dies 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Soon after he left office, Lyndon Johnson was asked about the mockery he received from the Smothers Brothers, who hosted a popular comedy show on CBS at the time. Trump eyes 'retribution' against comedy shows that hurt his feelings 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z In that sense, Mr. Trump’s presidency has become to the Republican Party what Vietnam was to President Lyndon Johnson. Opinion | Republicans Got Us Into This Mess, and They Have to Get Us Out of It 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He reported from every national political convention from 1968 until 2004, and interviewed every president from Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush. Boston broadcast legend Gary LaPierre dies 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson created the first national health-care program in 1965, after fierce political battles, when he signed the Social Security Act Amendments. The Personal Toll of Whistle-Blowing 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z When Lyndon Johnson was growing up in that town, three hundred and twenty-three people lived there; when I arrived, there were only a few hundred more. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson was running for a full term of his own just two months after the assassination of Kennedy. Welcome to Bosch’s infernal barbeque 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Despite President Lyndon Johnson’s shepherding of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, ending legal apartheid in the United States, King became even more radical as the decade went on. Martin Luther King was no prophet of unity. He was a radical | Bhaskar Sunkara 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z That’s when President Lyndon Johnson delivered the first State of the Union in prime time. How the State of the Union became a broadcast event 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Getting Lyndon Johnson to notice him, to mention him, to criticize him. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Takes the Democrats Back to the Future: An Interview with the Historian Rick Perlstein 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Before that month, Lyndon Johnson had been invariably, in his correspondence, the junior to the senior. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson was punished for the “credibility gap” over the Vietnam War. In our new post-truth era, the way we view reality is more important than ever 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “Lyndon Johnson went to Vietnam and visited the troops,” Dallek said. Trump’s visit to Iraq prompts concerns about politicization of military 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Lyndon Johnson never came, furious at Harold Wilson’s refusal to send him so much as a marching band in support over Vietnam. 'Special relationship': how a century of US presidential visits tells the temperature 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z The Jaguars also placed offensive tackle Josh Walker on injured reserve and promoted defensive lineman Lyndon Johnson from the practice squad. Jaguars release benched veteran safety Barry Church 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z I said to Ina, “I’m not understanding these people and therefore I’m not understanding Lyndon Johnson. We’re going to have to move to the Hill Country and live there.” Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Indeed, in “The Presidential Difference,” Dr. Greenstein wrote: “A story is told about an airman who escorted Lyndon Johnson across a tarmac in Vietnam, saying, ‘This is your helicopter, Mr. President.’ Fred Greenstein, scholar of the American presidency, dies at 88 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z “As part of his exasperation with being handled, Trump has taken to telling friends that—like Lyndon Johnson—he doesn't even need a chief,” Jonathan Swan, a reporter for Axios, wrote in May. John Kelly, the White House Chief of Staff, Is Finally Leaving “Crazytown” 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Wednesday marked the first time since Lyndon Johnson’s death in 1973 that a sitting president was not asked to eulogise a late president. Washington mourns George HW Bush as Trump gives cold shoulder to Clintons 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Those insults have been set aside, but the list of funeral service speakers marked the first time since Lyndon Johnson’s death in 1973 that a sitting president was not tapped to eulogize a late president. A nation’s farewell for George H.W. Bush 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z By this time, I had interviewed Lyndon Johnson’s sister Rebekah, and also three cleaning women who had, at one time or another, worked in the Johnson home. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z I know you could make the case that it sort of happened with Lyndon Johnson in 1968. Impeachment isn’t the only way: How past presidents were removed from office 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The same could be said of FDR’s New Deal, as well as Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. Beware the “bipartisan” trap: Democrats should resist pointless “compromise” 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Bush also recalls skipping Nixon’s 1969 inauguration parade to attend President Lyndon Johnson’s farewell at Andrews Air Force Base. The memoir I wish George H.W. Bush had written 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson once invited Chairman William McChesney Martin to his Texas ranch to try to persuade him not to raise rates. Trump can rail against Powell, but he can’t fire him 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z I had been looking at only Lyndon Johnson’s general “House Papers,” but these boxes might not be the only ones that dealt with Johnson’s early congressional career. Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Vice President Lyndon Johnson, who was riding in the third car behind Kennedy’s, was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States, a mere 99 minutes after Kennedy’s death. Mark Fuhrman unveils analysis on Kennedy’s assassination on Fox Nation’s ‘The Fuhrman Diaries’ 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z The physical and emotional toll inflicted on these war presidents is covered extensively, and Beschloss’s section on Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam is particularly fresh and enlightening. Review | When presidents lied or misled the nation to go to war — and when they didn’t 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The Migrant Education Program dates back to President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty in the 1960s and has existed in Fairbanks since at least the 1980s. Funding for farm workers is a boon to subsistence users 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Other senior officials dissented, most notable among them Undersecretary of State George Ball, but President Lyndon Johnson ignored them. Review | The many flaws and failures of the United States in the Vietnam War 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z |
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