The 2000s

• • 2000, $157.12 had the same value as $100 had in 1986

  • 2000, The National Debt was $5, 674, 178, 209, 886.86

  • 2000, The Population of the United States Was 281,421,906 

  • Quality of U. S. Health Care System

    • 2000, Healthy Life Expectancy by Country

    • 2000, World Health Systems Attainment and Performance

    • 2000, The World Health Organization's Ranking of the World's Health Systems

    • 2000, Health Performance Rank by Country

• 2000, William J. Clinton. State of the Union

• 2000 May 1, Government Begins Reducing the National Debt

• 2000 September 27, Government Announces Record Budget Surplus

• 2000 December, Howard Zinn, "We've Had Class Warfare for a Very Long Time."

  • from International Socialist Review, December 2000-January 2001

Election of 2000

• 2000, Democratic Party Platform

• 2000, Republican Party Platform

  • 2000, October 11, Vice President Al Gore v. Governor George W. Bush [Video and transcript]

• 2000, October 11

• 2000, Excerpts from Presidential Debates between Al Gore (Dem) and George W. Bush (Rep)

• 2000 November, Results of the General Election

• 2000 December 12, Supreme Court of the United States: George Bush vs. Albert Gore Jr.

  • Concurrence [ Rehnquist ]

  • Dissent [ Stevens ]

  • Dissent [ Souter ]

  • Dissent [ Ginsburg ]

  • Dissent [ Breyer

• 2000 December 11. Al Gore: 2000 Concession Speech

  • [Audio Included]

Administration of George W. Bush, 2001-2008

• 2001-George W. Bush Inaugural Speech

  • 2001, The National Debt was $5, 807, 463, 412, 200.06

• 2001 September 11, Attack on America, A Collection of Documents

• 2001 September 20, George W. Bush: Speech to Congress

• 2001 October 8, Executive Order Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council

  • 2001 October 24, Full Text of HR 3162 "The PATRIOT Act" [403 Kb]

  • 2002, The National Debt was $6, 228, 235, 965, 597.16

  • 2002-George W. Bush. State of the Union [The "Axis of Evil" Speech]

• 2002 December 10, Jimmy Carter, Nobel Laureate Lecture

  • 2003, The National Debt was $6, 783, 231, 062, 743.62

• 2003, George W. Bush. State of the Union

  • [Declaration of U.S. intentions toward Iraq]

• 2003, Colin Powell 2003 February, U.S. Secretary of State, Charges Against Iraq; Speech Before the United Nations Security Council

• 2003, The Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew

• Images of the Columbia

• 2003 February 1, NASA Statement on Loss of Communications with Columbia

• 2003 February 1, Statement By NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe

• 2003 March 17, George W. Bush, Address On Developments In Iraq

  • Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction , National Security Archive, George Washington University

• 2003 May 1, George W. Bush, Address Announcing the End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq

• 2004 May 17, Bill Cosby: "The Importance of Education"

  • [a serious talk by a famous comedian]

    • Audio mp3 of Address

  • The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Official Government Edition

    • The Full Report (.pdf File, 2.3 Mb, 585 pp.)

  • 2003 June 25, Embedded Reporter's Role In Army Unit's Actions Questioned by Military 

  • [from the Washington Post ]

• 2003 July 18, Tony Blair: Address Accepting U.S. Congressional Gold Medal

• 2004 July 29, Alexandra Kerry, Democratic National Convention Address

  • Audio mp3 of Address

• 2004 July 29, Reverend Al Sharpton, Democratic National Convention Address

  • Audio mp3 of Address

• 2004 August 26, Columbia Accident Investigation Board Releases Final Report

  • 2004, 30 August- Rudolph Giuliani: 2004 Republican National Convention Address [audio MP-3 file included]

• 2004 September 11, George W. Bush: 9/11 Address to the Nation

  • [audio, video, text]

• 2004, 30 September-Text of First Presidential Debate between George Bush and John Kerry

• 2004, 08 October-Text of Second Presidential Debate between Bush and Kerry,

• 2004 October 13, Text of Third Presidential Debate between Bush and Kerry,

Election of 2004

• 2004, Democratic Party Platform

• 2004, Republican Party Platform

• 2004 November, Results of the General Election

  • 2005, $178.19 had the same value as $100 had in 1986

• 2005, 20 January, George W. Bush Second Inaugural Speech

• 2005, George W. Bush; State of the Union

• 2005 May, Elizabeth Terzakis, "The New McCarthyism: The assault on civil liberties and academic freedom,"

  • from International Socialist Review, May-June 2005

  • 2005 June 22, The Identity of Informant ("Deep Throat") Revealed [documentary collection of The National Security Archive]

• 2005 September 15, George Bush Discusses Hurricane Relief in Address to the Nation

• 2005 September, "Vigilantes at the Border: The New War on Immigrants," by Justin Akers.

  • from International Socialist Review, September October 2005

• 2005 November 8, Constitution of the State of Texas

• 2005, Federal Disaster Declarations FEMA

  • George Bush Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

  • 2006 January 7, George Bush on the American Economy [Text and Audio]

• 2006 January 31, George W. Bush; State of the Union

  • 2006, July 13, News Briefing with Major General Robert Durbin, Commander, Combined Security Transition Command, Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense

  • 2006 September, A Higher Power; James Baker puts Bush's Iraq policy into rehab, By Robert Dreyfuss, The Washington Monthly

• 2006 September 7, Howard Zinn, "War Is Not A Solution For Terrorism"

  • 2007, The Population of the United States Was 301,139,947

• 2007, Senator John Kerry, "Protecting Public Health"

• 2007 January, Barak Obama, "The Time Has Come For Universal Health Care In America"

• 2007 January 10, George W. Bush; Speech on Troop Levels In Iraq

• 2007 January 23, George W. Bush; State of the Union

  • 2007 January, Proposal of the Physicians' Working Group for Single-Payer Health Insurance [.pdf file]

• 2007 February 28, {Single Payer is Labor's Only Clear Choice"

  • [Published in Labor Notes]

• 2007 March 6, "Time to Fix Healthcare"

  • [from The Nation]

• 2007 April 4, Iraq Report: “Civilians Without Protection”

• 2007 June 29, Miller Amendment Denies Funding for Bush Executive Order

• 2007, Al Gore, The Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Lecture

• 2007, Al Gore, The Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Lecture (video)

• 2007 September 24, Arnold Schwarzenegger: United Nations Speech on Climate Change

  • Audio mp3 of Address

  • 2008, The National Debt was $$9, 370, 020, 487, 674.78

• 2008 January 28, George W. Bush; State of the Union

• DiMaio v. Democratic National Committee

Administration of Barack H. Obama, 2009-

• 2009, January 20, Barack H. Obama Inaugural Speech

  • • 2009, January 20, Barack H. Obama Inaugural Speech Video, whitehouse.org YouTube

• 2009, September 08, Barack Obama Address To America's Schoolchildren

  • • Menu of Classroom Activities, PreK - 6 [.pdf file]

    • Menu of Classroom Activities, 7 - 12 [.pdf file]

• 2009, September 09, Barack H. Obama Address to Congress on Health Care