Videos

Washington Post education reporter Laura Meckler explored how the community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, has addressed the issue of racial integration from its founding through recent school cur…

Authors Laura Meckler (Dream Town) and Jonathan Eig (King-A Life) discussed racial equity and the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. This event took place at the 2023 Miami Book Fair.

This program looked at the latest guidance from the CDC on those who have been vaccinated. Plus, Bryan Lowry of talked about Senator Roy Blunt’s decision not to run in 2022, Mike Lillis talk…

Laura Meckler talked about potential congressional action on immigration reform in 2018.

New Hampshire’s Republican and Democratic Party chairs, Jennifer Horn and Raymond Buckley, talked about the 2016 presidential campaigns, New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, the issu…

Laura Meckler talked by telephone about President Obama’s emergency supplemental request for $3.7 billion to address the influx of unaccompanied children along the U.S.-Mexico border. She sa…

Reporters from Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal talked about local and national elections. They also discussed changes in demographics, redistricting, and the Republican Party. Oth…

On the eve of the 2012 presidential election, telephone lines were open for viewer comments on what to expect in election results. Laura Meckler spoke by telephone from Des Moines, Iowa, whe…

Professors Alan Schroeder and Warren Decker examined the debating styles of President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney, who were to meet the following evening for the first of three deb…

Telephone lines were open for comments on the question “Does the wealth of presidential candidates affect your vote?” Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith spoke by telephone about his…

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talked about his views on the role and mission of the newly created Joint Committee Select Committee on Deficit Reduction and its appointees. He also discussed …

Laura Meckler and Patricia Murphy talked about recent developments at the White House and in Congress, including the latest on the budget negotiations on the continuing resolution to fund th…

Laura Meckler spoke by phone on negotiations to fund the government through the remainder of fiscal year 2011. Democrats and Republicans met the previous day with Vice President Joe Biden to…

Laura Meckler spoke by phone about President Obama’s fundraising trip to New York.

Robert Gibbs briefed reporters on a number of topics including BP’s responsibility for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, administration of records at Arlington National Cemetery, and the confirm…

Robert Gibbs briefed reporters on a number of topics including the status of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response and the Obama administration’s stance regarding the Israeli raid of a floti…

Robert Gibbs briefed reporters and answered questions on a number of issues including jobs and the economy, as well as trials for suspected terrorists.

Robert Gibbs delivered the daily White House briefing. Austan Goolsby took questions about President Obama’s announcement of new banking regulations. Mr. Gibbs responded to questions on a va…

Robert Gibbs spoke to reporters and answered questions on a number of issues including the results of a special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts.

Robert Gibbs spoke to reporters and answered questions about a number of topics including a special election for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts, health care reform, and relief effor…