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James McPherson, author of The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters, and Louis Masur, author of Lincoln’s Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction and the Crisis of Reunion, …

Thanassis Cambanis talked about his book Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story, in which he chronicles the 2011 Egyptian revolution through the stories of two of its revolutionary leader…

John Farrell recounted the life and career of attorney Clarence Darrow (1857-1938). The author examined the defense attorney’s many noted cases, including his representation of Tennessee tea…

Kevin Matson, contemporary history professor at Ohio University, talked about his book, Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech and the ‘Rocking, Shocking’ Election of 1952, in whic…

Eleanor Clift, contributing editor for Newsweek, explains the way the president of the United States is elected and reports that, although campaigns have modernized, the electoral system has…

Jeremy Ben-Ami argued that Jewish Americans are not single-issue voters and are not represented by groups like The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). He says that a broader di…

Francis Fukuyama explores the origins and history of government. In the first of a two-part history the author ranges from the development of tribal societies to the earliest modern states i…

A memorial service was held for Carla Cohen, founder and co-owner of Washington D.C.,'s Politics and Prose Bookstore, who died on October 11, 2010, at age 74. Ms. Cohen started the bookstore…

Jules Witcover talked about his book Very Strange Bedfellows: The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew, published by PublicAffairs. In his book Mr. Witcover explores t…

Representative Nancy Pelosi talked about her book, Know Your Power, published by Thorndike Press. In her book, Speaker Pelosi recounts her history as a daughter of a representative up until …

Professor and Author, Akhil Reed Amar, talks about his book "America’s Constitution: A Biography". Mr. Amar examines the language in the document and attempts to get a better understanding o…

John Stewart talked about his book Witness to the Promised Land: Observations on Congress and the Presidency from the Pages of "Christianity and Crisis", published by Seven Locks Press. Mr.…

Author, Mark Tushnet, talked about his book "A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law". Chief Justice Rehnquist served on the Supreme Court since 1972. Mr. T…

David Cohen spoke to students about lobbying strategies and developing messages based on global concerns. Among the issues he addressed were issues of civil, social and economic rights, advo…

Andrew Kaufman discussed his new biography of Associate Judge Benjamin Cardozo, who was chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals for many years and was an associate justice of the U.S. S…

During the first day of the Lobbying Institute’s two-week course, David Cohen, Co-Director of the Advocacy Institute, spoke about lobbying in the public interest. He spoke about the work of …

David Cohen, co-director of the Advocacy Institute, spoke about the public interest movement in the 1990s, strategies and tactics. This was at American University’s two week annual program f…

In this viewer call-in segment David Cohen co-director of the Advocacy Institute and Stuart Butler the Director of Domestic Policy, The Heritage Foundation talk about the presidential transi…

The Advocacy Institute held a forum of the role of public interest in the presidential transition.

The Advocacy Institute sponsored an event on the transition of power between presidential and other executive administrations. Panelists discussed how those transitions take place and the hi…