History

Spiro T. Agnew should get at least a modicum of credit for prodding the Baltimore County Council to create a Human Rights Commission during his tenure as Baltimore County executive. (AP File)

Spiro Agnew won’t get credit for forgotten civil rights victory

Gregory Kane -

July 8, 2013 4:00 am

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, right, speaks after being introduced by President Obama as the nominee for Secretary of Transportation at the White House, next to outgoing Secretary Ray LaHood. Foxx was confirmed Thursday. Win McNamee/Getty Images.

Washington Secrets

Abe Lincoln’s GOP congressman: Obama is the ‘most historic’ president

Paul Bedard -

June 28, 2013 4:00 am

Portrait of the 5th United States President James Monroe. On July 4, 1831, Monroe died in New York City, far from his home in Virginia. (Photo: Courtesy of the National Archives/Newsmakers)

Op-Eds

James Monroe, the ‘other’ former president who died on July 4

Lewis Lehrman -

June 27, 2013 4:00 am

Crime

Crime History: Congressman found guilty of paying to have sex with teen

Scott McCabe -

May 25, 2013 4:00 am

As the House weighs legislation that would halt the controversial Frank Gehry plan for the Eisenhower Memorial, the chairman of the subcommittee with oversight over the project has requested documents showing how $63 million Congress already committed to the project has been spent. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Politics

Congress takes aim at Eisenhower Memorial

Eric Newcomer -

May 22, 2013 4:00 am

Crime

Crime History: Southern congressman beats Northern senator with cane

Scott McCabe -

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Opinion

Local Editorial: Do ‘Right by Ike’ with scaled-down memorial

Examiner Editorial -

May 20, 2013 4:00 am

In this May 16, 2013, photo, Abdulah Salim, Jr. hold the photograph of his father Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins who was a prominent Charlotte civil rights leader, in Silver Spring, Md. In the spring of 1963, a Hawkins led 65 people on a four-mile march from an African American college to the center of Charlotte's downtown. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

News

Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation ‘eat-in’

Mitch Weiss -

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

Magazine

A Little Learning

Joseph Knippenberg -

May 13, 2013 4:00 am

Magazine

Losing Streak

Jeffrey Bell -

February 11, 2013 5:00 am

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