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As the U.S. celebrates 249 years of independence, we reflect on the milestones that shaped its democracy—an enduring ...

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Crystal Saphire Embol enrolled at Herbert Hoover a well-regarded tennis player through the promise she had shown while attending Elkview Middle School. When Embol won the Women’s Open Singles ...

The nomination by the Republican party of Herbert Hoover for President, like the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, is a signal of the influence of novel factors in American politics. Mr ...

A recent letter to the editor talked about how great the late President Herbert Hoover was. Try convincing my late parents or grandparents of that. You’d be told in a heartbeat how awful he was when ...