Law professors Sheryll Cashin and Randall Kennedy - who served as law clerks to former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall - discuss the legacy of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education de…
19 viewsCNN’s Bakari Sellers spoke about the barriers that he believes are preventing racial progress in America and how the country can move beyond them. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted…
117 viewsThis 1942 Office of Civilian Defense film talked about the importance of accurate reports from community air raid wardens as part of U.S. World War II home front defense efforts. Reel Americ…
10 viewsAmerican History TV toured the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s “1898” exhibit -- which brings together portraits of the major players in the Spanish-American War, and illustrates the…
367 viewsPaul Clement and Donald Verrilli, both former U.S. solicitors general, discussed the ways political issues are argued and decided at the Supreme Court. Topics included partisan gerrymanderin…
173 viewsRuth Wisse -- a professor emeritus of Yiddish Literature at Harvard University -- recounted the history of antisemitism in the United States. The American Enterprise Institute in Washington,…
56 viewsHealth reporter Shefali Luthra looks at what impact the 2022 Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is having on patients seeking an abortion. She was interviewed by Kaiser Family Fo…
228 viewsAt the 1980 Democratic National Convention, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), a presidential candidate that year, delivered a speech stressing party unity and the problems of the nation. He said t…
13,140 viewsThis look at the nation’s first ladies combined biography and historical themes, and highlighted how these women influenced the country and their times. The authors - Diana Carlin, Anita McB…
78 viewsSenator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) accepted his party’s presidential nomination at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California. This speech has since become known as the N…
8,547 viewsCharlie Spiering talked about his book, Amateur Hour: Kamala Harris in the White House.
1,083 viewsMatthew Guariglia, senior policy analyst at the Electronic Frontiers Foundation, talked about how the U.S. government collects information on citizens and ways that information has been used…
28 viewsFox News host Brian Kilmeade discussed his book on the relationship between President Theodore Roosevelt and educator Booker T. Washington. This event was hosted by the Intercollegiate Studi…
333 viewsDemocrats on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee held a roundtable discussion with legal experts on Supreme Court ethics. Supreme Court ethics became a hot topic after news repo…
1,579 viewsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Molly Worthen taught a class about the history and the intellectual underpinnings of Protestant fundamentalism in 20th century America. …
3,009 viewsHouse GOP leaders spoke briefly to the press after their caucus meeting with former President Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, on Capitol Hill. House Speaker Mike…
1,442 viewsIndependent Book Publishers Association CEO Andrea Fleck-Nisbet discussed her trade association’s work to promote small and mid-sized presses and author-published books. About Books also rep…
48 views“June 6, 1944, is the most famous single day in all human history.” Those are the words of Garrett Graff in his author’s note in his book “When the Sea Came Alive.” This month is the 80th an…
1 viewTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke about the Biden administration’s economic agenda and how it’s benefitting the U.S. economy at the Economic Club of New York. She was also awarded the Pe…
51 viewsLIBRE Initiative’s Daniel Garza talked about campaign 2024 and Latino voters, and shifting attitudes among that voting bloc.
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