Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s recent conviction of 20 counts of corruption follows a rich history of crooked city politicians who sullied the office they held. In the Gilded Age time period of United States history, which was perhaps the golden age of political corruption, the muckraking journalist, Lincoln Steffens, warned that the effect of corruption “is literally to change the form of our government from one that is representative of the people to an oligarchy.”
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History Repeating
highlights similarities between current events and historical events and provides commentary on lessons learned. Since history repeats itself, citizens should look to the past to inform our actions in the present. Archives
August 2014
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