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Democracy and Education

by Booker T. Washington Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is said that the strongest chain is no stronger than its weakest link. In the Southern part of our country there are…

Credits

Taxpayers can reduce their income tax liability by claiming the benefit of certain tax credits. Each dollar of tax credit offsets a dollar of tax liability. The…

Stock Market

The Biggest One-Day Declines in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow 101 Top NYSE Stocks by Dollar Value Most Active NYSE Stocks in Share Volume Top Ten NASDAQ Stocks by Market Value,…

Sergio Leone Biography

Sergio Leonedirector, screenwriterBorn: 1/3/1929Birthplace: Rome, Italy Originator of the “spaghetti western,” Leone created mock-serious depictions of the American West. The most famous were…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 19, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 18, 1804May 20, 1804May 19, 1804 Satturday May the 19th 1804 a Violent Wind last night from the W. S W, Suckceeded by rain with lasted Som…

The Presidential $1 Coin Act

The Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 calls for the minting of several new coins. Starting in 2007, four dollar coins will be issued per year, each bearing the image of a different president, in the…

The Congress of Women: Woman as an Investor

by Mrs. Louise A. Starkweather The Progress of Fifty YearsThe Feast of Columbia, 1493-1893.Woman as an Investor Mrs. Louise A. Starkweather is a native of West Virginia. She was born March…

Annual Federal Minimum Wage Rates, 1955-2021

The least you can earn Way back in 1938, after decades of campaigning by labor rights activists, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act and created the minimum wage rate for work in the…