The radical ideas of one generation become the common sense of the next. Here, Peter Dreier honors the people who moved progressive ideas in America from the marginal to the mainstream.
A downtown Mankato business legacy has quietly transferred from fourth- to fifth-generation ownership, though even longtime customers probably barely noticed.
The 1880s is a prime example of long-ago events that impact our lives to this day. Author Mychal Wilmes details the movement that swept across the country.
called it the great crusade. postponed it one day because of the weather. and then there was a forecast that gave him just a little window on the from the 5th to 6th, and he took it. franklin roosevelt delivered a prayer of his own composition on the radio, 100 million americans. it was ary lease released in th morning, and it he read it on the radio. it was probably the largest moment of mass human common prayer maybe in the world. and i think pretty safe to say that the invasion itself was the hinge of the 20th century. this gets into what the dorks call counterfactualism. you know, what would have happened if. but the germans were working toward an atomic weapon. they were firing missiles on london. and if it had failed, would fdr have lost the 1944 election it was june. you know. it was a tough call.