Time Machine
Each week, CAFE Editorial Producer David Kurlander looks back at an historical event that can help us make sense of a current legal or political conundrum.

âCalling Bob Morgenthauâ: The Tensions Between the Manhattan District Attorney and President George H.W. BushÂ
Conjecture continues to swirl around the widely-expected indictment of former President Trump by New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg, an unprecedented legal undertaking made more dramatic by Trumpâs broad and threatening denunciations of Bragg. On this weekâs episode of Now & Then, âDistrict Attorneys: Where the Rubber Meets the Road,â Heather Cox Richardson and […]

âWe Had a Bank to Finance Thingsâ: C. Arnholt Smith and the Collapse of the United States National Bank

âGetting on the Staffâ: Frona Eunice Waitâs Journalistic Odyssey

âThe Fumes Were Something Terribleâ: The Struggle to Clean Ohioâs Chem-Dyne Superfund Site

âCarrying the Role of Homemaker Too Farâ: Iris Riveraâs 1977 Coffee Revolt and the Shifting Role of Secretaries

âThe Ownership of the Upper Airâ: Project Genetrix and the Debate Over Cold War Spy Balloons

âA Philosophical Shrugâ: The Difficult Birth of the House Intelligence Committee

âWe Are Not Homogenousâ: Representative Bob Matsuiâs Fight to Ensure a Fair 1990 Census

âDonât Let It Get You Down, Hamâ: Hamilton Jordanâs Chief of Staff Odyssey

âA Model Southern Sheriffâ: Z.T. Mathews and the 1962 Fight for Voting Rights in Terrell County

âLife, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Din-Dinâ: Morris the Catâs Presidential Aspirations

âA Remarkable, Epoch-Making Bookâ: Marilyn Fergusonâs The Aquarian Conspiracy and the New Age Era

âThe Halo Gets Mighty Hot Sometimesâ: Georgia State Senator Leroy Johnsonâs Quest for Equality
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