The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward while ...

With Lewis’ passing five years ago, we lost a moral compass. But in the halls of the Senate recently, Sen. Cory Booker admired Lewis and embodied his spirit of principled activism. He has answered ...

Cory Booker, fresh off demonstrating that he is ... held forth on the Senate floor for 24-plus hours in 1957 to block passage of the Civil Rights Act; Booker surpassed his feat, protesting not ...

There’s a bitter irony in unrelated headlines coming out of the April Fools’ Day special elections.

Cory Booker’s record-breaking ... Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster of the Civil Rights Act – the longest speech on the Senate floor before Booker’s performance. When Thurmond needed ...

Cory Booker, D-N.J.,, speaks during a confirmation ... to filibuster the advance of the Civil Rights Act in 1957. “I'm here despite his speech,” said Booker, who spoke openly on the Senate ...