scandal 
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SOURCE: New York Daily News
10/21/2020
Jeffrey Toobin and the M-Word: Let’s be Honest about what Makes this Scandal so Scandalous
by Jonathan Zimmerman
Jeffrey Toobin's scandal reflects the weight of the idea of the enlightenment individual and the fear that individuals freed from constraint would fall into corruption.
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SOURCE: New York Times
8/9/2020
After Falwell Stumbles, His Hometown Sees a Leader in Need of Redemption
Historians of religion including Grant Wacker, Anthea Butler and John Fea comment on the significance of Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s recent public scandals and the position of Liberty University in the evangelical world.
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11/17/19
The History Briefing on Whistleblowers: Historical Perspective on the Ukraine Scandal
by Julia Brown
From Snowden to Deep Throat, whistleblowers have continually altered the course of American history and policy.
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SOURCE: Time
4/18/19
What Was the Biggest Political Scandal in American History? 7 Historians Make Their Picks
Featuring Heather Cox Richardson, Joanne B. Freeman, Manisha Sinha, Douglas Brinkley, Robert Dallek, Barbara A. Perry, and Julian E. Zelizer.
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SOURCE: WBUR
3/22/19
To Understand The History Of Elite College Admissions, Just Follow The Money
“Rich people have gotten their kids into college for, well, pretty much the history of colleges."
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
3/12/19
Why the College-Admissions Scandal Is So Absurd
by Alia Wong
For the parents charged in a new FBI investigation, crime was a cheaper and simpler way to get their kids into elite schools than the typical advantages wealthy applicants receive.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
8-14-18
Trump’s Cabinet is still full of scandals
by Lindsay M. Chervinsky
History shows he may regret that.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
5-8-18
Why Trump seems impervious to scandal — for now
by Thomas Glasbergen
Lessons from an 18th-century English rogue.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
7-18-17
Buying ‘friends in this Congress’: The smoking gun that triggered a political scandal
by Robert Mitchell
It was called the Credit Mobilier scandal and it involved a congressman who went on to be president: James Garfield.
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8-13-15
Refresher Course: How Bad Was the Corruption in Warren Harding's Administration? This Bad.
by Rick Shenkman
Here's why he deserves the bad reputation he earned (and it has nothing to do with his womanizing).
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SOURCE: Salon
7-27-14
“You could blackmail LBJ”: The other Nixon scandal behind the Watergate scandal
by Ken Hughes
In 1971, Richard Nixon ordered another politically motivated burglary in hopes of saving his reelection.
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SOURCE: BBC News
2-5-13
Pompeii restorer Annamaria Cavaco accused of fraud
A former restorer of Pompeii is under house arrest on corruption charges, Italian police have said.Five others, including the ex-special commissioner appointed to deal with the increasing degradation of the historic site, are also under investigation...
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