TED Talks
TED: How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you | Jennifer Granick
What's stopping the American government from recording your phone calls, reading your emails and monitoring your location? Very little, says surveillance and cybersecurity counsel Jennifer Granick. The government collects all kinds of...
Curated Video
Muckrakers... or Investigative Journalists?
An essential part of any functioning democracy - the press helps to make governments accountable for their actions; but when the first investigative reporters started working in the United States, not everyone saw them as a good thing.
Curated Video
Gerald Ford: The Unelected President
Gerald Ford holds a unique place in the history of U.S. politics – as the only American to hold the office of Vice President and President without ever winning a national election. Who was he, and what was his presidency like?
Curated Video
The Watergate Scandal: Nixon's Downfall and Resignation
This video provides a detailed account of the Watergate scandal, highlighting how President Richard Nixon became the first American president to resign from office in 1974 due to his involvement in the cover-up of the break-in at the...
Curated Video
Who was Deep Throat?
Codenamed Deep Throat, FBI chief William Mark Felt, Sr., displayed immense courage to expose abuses of power at the heart of government during the infamous Watergate investigation.
Curated Video
Congressional Investigations
Congressional Investigations have uncovered some serious wrongdoing over the past 200 years. But where does Congress get the power to conduct investigations and how has it used that power throughout U.S. history?
Curated Video
The Watergate Tapes
Installed in selected rooms at the White House on the President’s orders, this is the story of how a state-of-the-art recording system ultimately led to Richard Nixon’s downfall.
Curated Video
The FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigations is a fact-finding, crime-fighting national security machine. But how did it come about – and what do FBI agents actually do?
John D Ruddy
Watergate - Manny Man Does History
Find out more about the failed break-in which lead to the downfall of President Richard Nixon, and also gave lazy journalists a quick way of naming scandals!
Hip Hughes History
Can the President be indicted? Constitutionally speaking?
What are the arguments for and against indicting a sitting President. In this short video we look at both sides as we seek historical, political and constitutional guidance during this current constitutional crisis. Or is it a crisis?
Hip Hughes History
The 1972 Election Explained
Hughes slams down some groovy 1970's political science content for students sweating it out out in an AP Gov course, students lost in an intro to political science class or just people clicking buttons online who landed here.
Hip Hughes History
Checks and Balances: How to Write an Effective Essay
HipHughes prepares you for a Check and Balance essay, focusing on the rejection of Treaty of Versailles and the Supreme Court case U.S. v Nixon (74)
Ancient Lights Media
US Constitution: The Concept of Rule of Law
Understanding the U.S. Constitution: 10. This clip outlines the importance of the Rule of Law as a cornerstone of good government.
AllTime 10s
10 Disturbing Government Cover-Ups Hidden From The Public
The government is there to prevent anarchy and even possibly act as a safety net for those who are most vulnerable in our society. But that is unfortunately not always the case, as the following 10 examples demonstrate.
Hip Hughes History
The Saturday Night Massacre vs President Trump (FEAT Sami Jarroush)
What was the Saturday Night Massacre? How did it effect the Watergate Crisis? Sami Jarroush joins us to look at the similarities and differences between Nixon's actions and President Drumpf's recent actions regarding the firing of FBI...
Hip Hughes History
The 1980 Election Explained
If you know nothing about the 1980 election you should be banned from discussing political science. Helpful for all types of learners this video hits the basics on one of the biggest elections in American history.
Curated Video
Invoking The 25th Amendment
What happens when the President is no longer able to perform their duties? That’s when the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution comes into play.
Professor Dave Explains
Richard Nixon: I Am Not a Crook (1969 – 1974)
Richard Nixon is famous for being the only president to ever resign from office. Most also know about the Watergate scandal that prompted this decision. What was Watergate? What other events defined Nixon's presidency, and political...
Weird History
Everything That Lead To Nixon's Resignation
Richard Milhous Nixon's presidency was full of excitement, intrigue, grievously bad judgment, and booze – which is why so many drunk Richard Nixon stories have lived on long past the man. Tales about the end of his tenure as president...
Curated Video
Barbara Jordan: Statement on the Articles of Impeachment
In 1974, US House Representative for Texas, Barbara Jordan delivered an impassioned speech on the power and meaning of the U.S. Constitution. Delivered on primetime television to critical acclaim during the coverage of the infamous...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
What If? Richard Nixon Hadn't Resigned
Learn more about U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon's resignation and the circumstances surrounding it.
Hip Hughes History
Watergate in Two Minutes
A super fast overview of the basics of understanding the Watergate scandal.
Curated Video
Chapstick Spy Devices and the Role they Played in Watergate
21st century spies have some serious tech at their disposal but back in the 1970s, things were a little more DIY. This is the story of a spy device disguised as chapstick tubes that played a key part in America’s most infamous burglary,...