Every four years, a U.S. president takes the oath of office in a ceremony that both affirms democratic traditions and calls on citizens to build on the past. At the inauguration — always on January 20, before the Capitol building in Washington, DC — the...
News Decoder correspondent Gene Gibbons covered six U.S. presidents. His White House memoir offers portraits of presidents, a queen and a pope. He covered six U.S. presidents as a White House correspondent, and now he has written a memoir that offers an inside look at...
Gene Gibbons saw lots of politics during three decades covering the White House. But there’s no predicting who will succeed U.S. President Obama. “All bets are off this year.” Gene Gibbons saw lots of politics during his three decades covering the...
Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton — Gene Gibbons watched six presidents from one of the venerable vantage points of U.S. journalism. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton — Gene Gibbons surveyed six presidents from one of the...
The idea of setting aside land back in 1872 has spread into a movement across the world. When a nation creates a national park, it is a gift to the globe. Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Gene Gibbons. This article was produced exclusively for...