Senator Gaylord Nelson. PD. Shortly after publication, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson read Seaman's book. Nelson was in the midst of conducting hearings on the pharmaceutical industry, investigating ...

The latest Marquette Law School poll shows the races between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and between Tammy Baldwin and ...

Despite the comparison Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D.-Wisc.) made on the Senate floor two weeks ago, Burack is not a full-fledged muckraker--not yet. He does not want to do battle with the big drug ...

Earth Day has been celebrated since 1970, when it was created by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson to raise awareness for environmental issues. The same year, Congress authorized the creation of ...

In the field of ecology, who deserves a dunce cap this week? According to Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, the prize goes to the International Boundary Commission, which is now in the process of ...

It was similar for Senator Gaylord Nelson, who bucked a Republican tide to secure reelection in 1968 as an ardent foe of the Vietnam War. And for Senator Russ Feingold, who voted against the war ...

In September 1969, Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin began working on a nationwide environmental teach-in, hoping to capture the energy young people had shown in protests over Vietnam and civil ...

Later that year, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson planted the seeds for “an environmental teach-in” which took root across the country. The name didn’t take root but once replaced ...

In October 1965, he resigned his post as legislative assistant to Senator Gaylord Nelson (D.-Wisc.) to work for the State Department. Hoping he could bring about small changes in U.S. war policy ...

Senator Tammy Baldwin, the first Democrat to receive an endorsement from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau in over 20 years, defeated ...

January - March: Influenced by Seaman's book, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson convenes Senate hearings on the safety of the Pill. Radical feminists disrupt the male-dominated hearings and demand women ...