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A House Oversight and Reform subcommittee held a hearing on child hunger and the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as…

Commissioned by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, this 2010 documentary includes survivors of the 1918 flu telling their stories, a history of the pandemic, and a look at the…

Historian Nancy Bristow talked about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated American civilians and soldiers during the final year of World War I and beyond. She also explained…

Former Wall Street trader turned photojournalist Chris Arnade talked about his book, Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America, on the plight of those living on the margins of society in…

George Aumoithe, a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University, discussed the history of universal health care in the United States. Beginning in the 1960s, he explained the…

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testified before the Senate Finance Committee on President Trump’s 2021 budget request for the Health and Human Services Department. The secretary…

Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan talked about her book, Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention, in which she recalled her NASA career, including being the first woman to walk in…

Social Security Administration officials testified before the Senate Aging Committee on efforts to protect seniors from Social Security impersonation scams. Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME)…

TechFreedom hosted a discussion with FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips, legal experts and tech industry professionals on the FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

The executives of several e-cigarette manufacturing companies, including the CEO of Juul, testified at a hearing on how their companies were addressing the youth vaping epidemic. Members of…

The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy held a hearing on public health concerns about carcinogens in talc, and asbestos in consumer products. Witnesses…

University of Oklahoma History Professor Wilfred McClay talked about his one-volume history of the United States, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story.

Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times book review, talked about How to Raise a Reader, in which she offered her thoughts on how to get children interested in reading books.

New Hampshire Young Democrats President Lucas Meyer discussed the 2020 New Hampshire primary and the issues motivating young voters.

Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) talked about health care, including his sponsorship of a universal Medicare coverage bill.

Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) discusses federal funding to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

Representative Raul Ruiz (D-CA) talked about the Trump administration’s new proposal to alter funding for the Medicaid program.

A House Homeland Security subcommittee held a hearing on child deaths and the conditions at immigration detention facilities. The hearing focused on steps taken to improve border facilities…

Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health’s Center for Health Security, talked about the federal response to the coronavirus.

Jodie Adams Kirshner talked about her book, Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises, in which she looked at the of Detroit’s bankruptcy on the city’s poor.