Tracy Grant

Sep 19, 2024 | britannica.com | Tracy Grant

Table of Contents When J.D. Vance and Tim Walz square off in their only vice presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, what issues are likely to come up? You can click on each square in the game board below to learn about the topics. Then, as you watch the televised debate, mark off topics as they are raised and celebrate when you get five in a row. And you can always revisit Britannica’s Presidential Debate Bingo. Tracy Grant

Sep 10, 2024 | britannica.com | Tracy Grant

We’re absolutely thrilled to share with you Britannica’s look at eight presidential elections that changed U.S. history. Every Tuesday until election day (November 5), we’ll tell the sometimes forgotten stories of elections that demonstrate the ways in which U.S. democracy can be messy, magical, and momentous. An election decided not by voters but by the House of Representatives? Check. An election that would set a president up to serve two nonconsecutive terms? Check.

Aug 5, 2024 | britannica.com | Tracy Grant

Tim Walz’s political biography is the kind of tale found in Hollywood movies, unless, of course, producers had rejected the screenplay as too ridiculous. Key points in his story include:Served in the National Guard for 24 yearsTaught geography in rural Minnesota, where he helped coach a high school football team to its first state championshipBecame interested in politics in 2004 after a group of students he was chaperoning was denied access to a campaign event for Pres. George W.

May 21, 2024 | britannica.com | Tracy Grant

Opal Lee’s life has been defined by one date: June 19.

Feb 28, 2024 | britannica.com | Tracy Grant

In full: Jennifer Pawol As a girl growing up on Long Island, New York, Jen Pawol wanted to play Little League, but that wasn’t what girls in the 1980s did, so she played softball instead.