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Bestselling author and journalist Jeff Hobbs talked about his book Children of the State, which looks at the workings of the juvenile justice system in the United States.

Texas A&M University American history professor Elizabeth Cobbs, author of Fearless Women, talked about the history of feminism and feminists in the United States from the American…

Newsmax Chief White House Correspondent James Rosen, author of Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986, talked about the first of his two-part biography of late Supreme Court associate justice…

TV and radio broadcaster Alvin Hall, author of Driving the Green Book, talked about his visits to a dozen sites mentioned in The Negro Motorist Green Book, a Jim Crow era travel guide for…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), along with other Republican colleagues, discussed the party’s education agenda, including their Parents' Bill of Rights proposal. They outlined the five main…

Columbia University history professor Matthew Connelly, author of The Declassification Engine, talked about the increase in U.S. government secrecy from World War II to today.

Journalist Alex Prud’homme, author of Dinner with the President, talked about how food and the culinary tastes of U.S. presidents have impacted American culture and history.

University of Richmond journalism Professor Shahan Mufti talked about his book, American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, DC. Members of the…

Legal scholar Margaret Burnham, Northeastern University’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project director, talked about her book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, on…

Poet and author Javier Zamora talked about the treacherous, 3,000-mile journey he made from El Salvador to the United States when he was 9 years old. He made the trip, along with a group of…

Alan Maimon, former Louisville Courier-Journal reporter and the author of Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning, talked about the impact that politics, religion, coal mine closings,…

Ilyon Woo, author of Master Slave, Husband Wife, recounted the harrowing journey of self-emancipation made by married slaves William and Ellen Craft in 1848.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder, author of Rough Sleepers, talked about Harvard-educated doctor Jim O’Connell and his work with the homeless population of Boston over the past 40…

Attorney Philip K. Howard, author of Not Accountable, provided a critique of public employee unions and their impact in the U.S. He argued that these unions have usurped decision-making…

Survivors of the Club Q mass shooting, activists, and others testified on the rise of anti-LGBTQ violence before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Survivors of the November 2022…

Investigative journalist Jim Popkin, author of Code Name Blue Wren, talked about the life and career of Defense Intelligence Agency analyst Ana Montes, who was a spy for Cuba for nearly 17…

Reverend Wheeler Parker talked about A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till. In his book, Reverend Parker details the fateful…

University of California law professor Joel Richard Paul talked about his book, Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism , on the impact that 19th-century lawyer,…

Former college president and professor John Agresto talked about his book, The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do about It, in which he looks at the state…

Journalist Rick Wartzman, author of Still Broke: Walmart’s Remarkable Transformation and the Limits of Socially Conscious Capitalism, talked about Walmart’s efforts to transform itself from…