In 1831, a radical third party had a new idea for selecting a presidential candidate, and it’s still in use today: the national nominating convention.
Sianne Garlick
Sianne Garlick is Retro Report’s Editorial Producer. Sianne is involved in editorial strategy, but in particular as it pertains to our education initiative. Her responsibilities include producing stories, overseeing our living library and working closely with our education team. Before joining Retro Report she was an award-winning producer and social media editor for Dan Rather Reports. Previously, she spent nearly a decade at CBS News, 60 Minutes.
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Who Gets to Regulate #*%& Free Speech in Popular Culture?
Offended by lyrics they deemed too sexual and violent, Tipper Gore and Susan Baker campaigned to put warning labels on albums in 1985. Years later, warning labels have ended up in some unexpected places.
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‘Another Player Down’: How Concern About Injuries Is Changing Sports
As concussions plague football, are there lessons from earlier concerns about boxing?
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Want Your Students to Become Better Writers? Open Up About Your Writing Process
If you are familiar with the television show “Friends,” (Rest in peace, Matthew Perry) you may remember the “Pivot!” couch scene. I’m often reminded of that moment when creating lesson plans because throughout the process, I have to remind myself to “pivot, pivot, PIVOT!” The process of writing and creating lesson plans is far from […]
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Transcript: As SCOTUS Examines School Prayer, Families Behind a Landmark Ruling Speak Out
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: THE FIGHT OVER SCHOOL PRAYER JONATHAN ENGEL: In the upper-left hand corner there, that’s my brother Mike. And that’s Dan Roth. It just brings me back to these days. NARRATION: In 1958, Jonathan Engel’s family was living on a quiet tree-lined block […]
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Technology vs. Talent, a Hollywood Sequel
Two big Hollywood unions – the Writers Guild of America, which went on strike in May, and the Screen Actors Guild, which walked out in July – have joined forces against the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers. The unions are seeking better pay and protections to make sure their members’ work won’t be […]
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Where Are They Now? Lost Works From the W.P.A. Era
Last month, an exhibition titled “Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s” opened at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. It includes four posters depicting America’s national parks that were designed during the Works Progress Administration, a program created in 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt following the Great Depression. One […]
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Transcript: The Case of the Missing Park Posters: Ex-Ranger Hunts for New Deal-Era Art
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. DOUG LEEN (FORMER NATIONAL PARK RANGER): In 1971 I was a ranger in Grand Teton National Park. Once a year, everybody would show up in dirty clothes and we’d just clean up the park after the tourists leave, and I found an old poster in […]
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Beekeepers and Scientists Join Forces to Protect the Pollinators
Honeybees, heroes in the national food supply, are under threat from parasites, exhaustion and a mysterious ailment. Here’s how beekeepers and scientists are fighting back to save the hives.
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Why Are Schools Still Segregated? The Broken Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
The history of racial integration in public schools, and what happened after the buses stopped rolling.
