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Abraham Lincoln spent the time between his election in November 1860 and his inauguration in March of 1861 in Springfield, Illinois. In his book, Sixteenth President in Waiting, Michael Burlingame talked about…

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2018 LCV Cities Tour” in Springfield, Illinois, from January 19-25, 2019, to feature the history and literary life of the…

Federal Judge Richard Gergel recalled the blinding of African American World War II veteran Isaac Woodard by South Carolina police in 1946 and the subsequent political and judicial response.…

David Grann talked about his book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, in which he recalls the murders of members of the Osage Indian nation in the 1920s.…

Editor Glory Edim and contributors Mahogany Browne, Renee Watson, Veronica Chambers, Carla Bruce-Eddings, and Bsrat Mezghebe talked about the Well-Read Black Girl Anthology.

Van Jackson, who worked on U.S.-North Korea nuclear negotiations during the Obama administration, talked about the threat of nuclear war between the U.S. and North Korea today.

Historian Anne Applebaum, biographer Jon Meacham, columnist Bret Stephens, and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov discussed the state of global democracy. They spoke at the Rancho…

In his book, Killing Journalism: How Greed, Laziness (and Donald Trump) Are Destroying News and How We Can Save It, journalist Joe Strupp reported on the news media and its future.

Lindsey Hilsum talked her book on the life and death of war correspondent Marie Colvin, In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin.

Stanford University Pofessor Rob Reich examined the role of philanthropy in a democracy.

Candice Hooper talked about her book Lincoln’s Generals' Wives: Four Women Who Influenced the civil War for Better and for Worse, in which she profiles the wives of Lincoln’s generals,…

Mary Todd Lincoln Interpreter Pam Brown gave a tour of the city of Springfield, Illinois, and highlighted locations that were important to the former first lady. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs)…

Historians Antony Beevor, Rick Atkinson, Douglas Brinkley, and Susan Eisenhower discussed D-Day at the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in California.

Author and documentary filmmaker Tom Hansell reported on coal communities in central Appalachia and South Wales and their efforts to develop a sustainable economy as coal mining in the…

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz discussed his life, career and presidential candidacy. He was joined in conversation by William Kristol, founder of The Weekly Standard.

Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson reported on the state of the news business with the influx of new technologies. She was interviewed by Vivian Schiller, former president…

Journalist Helen Zia reported on the Chinese who fled Shanghai following the 1949 Communist Revolution.

Journalist Laurence Leamer explored the significance of President Trump’s retreat in Palm Beach, Florida.

Kathleen Day talked about her book, Bankers, Bailouts, and the Struggle to Tame Wall Street, in which she provides a history of the federal government’s oversight of the financial sector.…

Professor Emily Bernard talked about her book, Black Is the Body: Stories of My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine, in which she reflected on her experiences growing up black in…