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    The Greatest Evil Is War

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, who covered wars in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans for the New York Times, discussed his thoughts on war and its vi…

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    Myth America

    Princeton history professors Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer addressed myths about American history. Labyrinth Books in Princeton, New Jersey, hosted this event.

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    Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird

    Author Gene Jarrett discussed the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emancipation. Labyrinth Books in …

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    The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen

    Princeton University History Professor Linda Colley looked at the history of written constitutions from the 18th century to today. This was a virtual event hosted by Labyrinth Books in Princ…

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    Our Class

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges reflected on his time teaching at the East Jersey State Prison as part of Rutgers University’s degree program. Labyrinth Books in Princeton, Ne…

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    Mengele

    David Marwell, former director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, recounted the life of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. This was a virtual event hosted by Labyrinth Books and Princeton Publi…

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    The Players Ball

    David Kushner talked about his book, The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet’s Rise, in which he reported on the early years of the internet, its evolut…

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    Screw Consent

    Yale Professor Joseph Fischel talked about his book, Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice, in which he offered his thoughts on consent and sexual assault laws in the U.S.

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    Automating Inequality

    Virginia Eubanks argued that data mining, algorithms, and automated systems have been used to negatively impact poor and working class people. She was joined in conversation by Kathryn Edin,…

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    These United States

    Professors Glenda Gilmore and Thomas Sugrue talked about their book These United States: A Nation in the Making, 1890 to the Present, in which they examine the events that have defined the U…

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    Wages of Rebellion

    Chris Hedges talked about his book Wages of Rebellion, in which he looks at stories of rebels from around the world and throughout history to illuminate the causes of revolution and resistan…

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    Lines of Descent

    Kwame Anthony Appiah talked about his book, Lines of Descent: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Emergence of Identity, in which he recounts W.E.B. Du Bois' time spent as a student at the University of …

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    Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief

    James McPherson talked about his book, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief, and responded to audience members questions. The book is a look at President Lincoln as a military…

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    The Dynamite Club

    John Merriman talked about his book The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; February 12, 2009). In his book Profe…

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    The Presidency of George W. Bush

    Julian Zelizer, history and public affairs professor at Princeton University, presents a historical assessment of the two-term presidency of George W. Bush. Mr. Zelizer, the editor of The Pr…

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    Throes of Democracy

    Pulitzer Prize winning historian Walter McDougall read selections from and talked about his book, Throes of Democracy. Throes recounts a history of the United States from 1829 to 1877. The s…

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    Red Cloud at Dawn

    Michael Gordin talked about his book Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; September 29, 2009). In his book Michael Gordin, histor…

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    Jailhouse Lawyers

    Former Black Panther Party member and death row inmate presented the practices and cases of prisoners defending other prisoners in the U.S. court system. He was calling from prison to partic…

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    Iran: A People Interrupted

    The author talked about his book, Iran: A People Interrupted, published by New Press. He described the history of Iran going back two hundred years, including the reform movements that have …

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    We Who Are Dark: The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity

    Tommie Shelby speaks about his book, We Who Are Dark, The Philosophical Foundations of black Solidarity.

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