Our blog, ‘The People’s Slate’, began on President’s Day, 2015. Today on our 2nd anniversary, we bring you some quotes from the men who held the highest office in the land… “Believe you can and …
Politics
The Man from Libertyville
5 February marks the birthday of Adlai E. Stevenson, the 31st Governor of Illinois and two-time Democratic nominee for President. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois he would later buy a 70-acre property in Libertyville, northwest of Chicago. …
In the Line of Duty
It was on 3 February, in 1971, that New York City plain clothes police officer Frank Serpico, was shot in the face while on assignment with the Narcotics Bureau. Serpico had been outspoken about police …
Many Languages, One Message
22 December marks the date on which author Nikolai Ostrovsky died in 1936. At 10 years old he began his working life, laboring in a railroad station and at a timber yard. Later he …
Occupy NY
On 15 November, in 2011, New York City police removed those who had been camping in Zuccotti Park since September 17th of that year. The so-called ‘occupation’ protesting income inequality made news around the world. At …
Mob Rule
It was on 31 October, that Nikolay Bauman, a Russian revolutionary, was attacked and killed by a mob in 1905. Bauman, born in Russia in 1873 to a family of German descent, was trained as …
The Speech
It was on 27 October, 1964, that Ronald Reagan, viewed by many at that point as a semi-washed up ‘B-Movie’ actor, delivered a nationally televised political address that changed his career. Reagan’s speech, titled, “A …
Due the First of the Month
It was on 18 October, 2010 that the voters of New York witnessed one of the most memorable televised Gubernatorial debates ever. In an unusual turn, the debate featured not only the nominees of the …
Albania Enters the Modern World
16 October will mark the birth of Enver Hoxha in 1908. Hoxha would serve as First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor from 1944 until his death in 1985. Studying in various schools in …
Sign Here
8 October marks the death of Revolutionary American Patriot, John Hancock in 1793. Hancock, a prominent Boston merchant, and one of the wealthiest men in the thirteen colonies, was a generous benefactor to those advocating …