Commentaries by Kate Neiswender

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Crowdfunding Shortwave Broadcasts to Relay “Real News” to Russia

March 12, 2022 09:00:49 am

I was 20 years old when I got my first radio job, at KNX Newsradio in Los Angeles, as a runner. A very low-level job, but incredibly exciting, as I got to see the inner workings of one of L.A.’s most powerful AM stations. I went into journalism to try to change the world. After [...]

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Velvet Revolution begins in Czechoslovakia

On November 17, 1989, riot police put down student protests against the communist government in Czechoslovakia. The incident started a series of non-violent protests that finally forced the communists from power two weeks later.

Learn more about the Velvet Revolution.

President Nixon declared 'I'm not a crook'

On November 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon defended his actions in the Watergate affair, urging the nation to put Watergate behind it and telling a press conference "I'm not a crook."