Dec 9, 2022 | Domestic Policy, News
On December 7 and 8, noted clinicians, researchers, journalists, NCI-designated cancer center directors, patients, patient advocates, ethicists, medical professionals and public health officials gathered for the second annual Nixon National Cancer Conference at the...
Dec 1, 2022 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Legacy Forums, Presidency
As part of the Nixon Legacy Forum, former members of the Nixon White House staff recently held a virtual panel to discuss the actions taken early in the Nixon administration that laid the foundation for the modern presidency. Panelists: Ed Harper, Domestic Council...
Sep 8, 2022 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today
1972-2022 50 years ago the floods caused by Hurricane Agnes devastated southwest New York and northeast Pennsylvania. One hundred and twenty eight people perished. Towns, farms, houses, jobs, as well as hopes and dreams were washed away over a weekend. This is the...
Jul 13, 2022 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today
On July 8, 1970, President Richard Nixon announced support for H.R. 471 as the first element of his new Indian Policy. Passed with bipartisan support in the United States Congress, Nixon signed the bill into Public Law 91-550 on December 15, 1970, ending a 64-year...
Jun 24, 2022 | Domestic Policy, Exhibits, News, Nixon and Sports, Presidency, Sports
The 50th anniversary celebration of Title IX kicked off with the official opening of the Nixon Library’s new exhibition, Evening the Odds: Women Leading the Way. Local Girl Scouts joined Secretary Barbara Franklin and three Team USA Olympic Gold Medalists in a ribbon...
Jun 7, 2022 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today
By Christopher T. Cross Pell Grants, the need-based government financial aid program currently supporting about 6.2 million college students could more fittingly be called Nixon Grants. As a Nixon appointee at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, I worked...
