Reagan's Legacy The Impact of His Policies Still Felt Today

Jacob is the current President of the National Urban League, Inc. Page 2. BLACK LAW JOURNAL was once proud of its commitment to equality and to racial progress. The Reagan NLRB aggressively reversed precedents, and narrowed workers' rights, and workers are still feeling the effects of a number of key decisions made by ... But in 1983, after more than two years of epic defense spending, virulent Cold War rhetoric, and no arms-control talks, Americans were demanding ... As Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency, he was greatly troubled by what he saw around the world. For more than three decades, the U.S. and ... Yet from a long-term perspective, conservatives achieved an enduring transformation of American politics and society. Liberals did not disappear, but they ... During the campaign of 1980, Ronald Reagan announced a recipe to fix the nation's economic mess. He claimed an undue tax burden, excessive government regulation ... Yet, critics of the government were not sleeping during the era of big government. Academics, conservative think tanks, and political leaders were laying the ... Despite criticisms of his presidency, Jimmy Carter led major government reform efforts that had a lasting impact on agencies, employees and ... Reaganomics and How it Affected African Americans in the 1980s ... Abstract: My project was on Reaganomics and what this really meant for groups like African ... ... can be traced back to Ronald Reagan ... It is important to recognize the impact Reagan had on the wages of the working class in America.