2024 Bancroft Prize for History
Columbia University presented the Bancroft prize to the 2024 winners, authors Elliott West ("Continental Reckoning") and Carolyn Eisenberg ("Fire and Rain").
1 viewColumbia University presented the Bancroft prize to the 2024 winners, authors Elliott West ("Continental Reckoning") and Carolyn Eisenberg ("Fire and Rain").
1 viewRepublican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) and Thomas Massie (KY) said they would give House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) “one more weekend” to consider stepping down from the chamber’s top…
2,988 viewsMSNBC’s legal analyst Barbara McQuade discussed disinformation and its impact on democracy in the U.S. and globally. The Commonwealth Club of California hosted this event.
97 viewsFormer Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and retired U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit Judge Michael Luttig sat down for a conversation on the state of democracy hosted by the Ameri…
216 viewsAuthor Brady Crytzer talked about the 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania in response to a government tax on liquor. Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania hosted this event.
10 viewsThe Washington Post’s David Finkel looked at what’s dividing Americans through the lens of the life & experiences of Iraq War veteran Brent Cummings. Books and Books Bookstore in Coral Gable…
69 viewsAuthor Tom Wheeler talked about how Abraham Lincoln used the new technology of the telegraph to communicate directly with his Union generals and helped win the Civil War. The Virginia Center…
20 viewsStanford University’s Fei-Fei Li spoke about her life and journey to becoming one of the leading scientists in the field of artificial intelligence. She was interviewed by New Scientist tech…
915 viewsThis U.S. government documentary promotes Office of Economic Opportunity Neighborhood Health Centers by profiling several in major cities and rural areas. The film argues that many lower inc…
250 views“To all those impacted, I am deeply, deeply sorry,” said UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty of the impact of a cyberattack on one of its companies, Change Healthcare, in February 2024. Mr. …
1,967 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken gave remarks in Brussels, Belgium, at a reception celebrating the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He was joined by U.S. A…
401 viewsUSA Today's Susan Page spoke about the life and career of Barbara Walters. She was interviewed by former ABC News White House correspondent Ann Compton.
338 viewsHigh school social science teacher Sunshine Cavalluzzi discussed the upcoming Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics Exam, and how students can prepare for it.
1,146 viewsJason Stacy and Matthew Ellington, co-authors of Fabric of a Nation: A History with Skills and Sources, for the APĀ® US History Course, talked about the Advanced Placement U.S. History Exam. …
497 viewsTimothy Carney argued that modern parenting is producing a generation of children with record rates of anxiety, depression, and loneliness and says a more old-fashioned approach is needed. T…
190 viewsThis U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on events relating to VE Day - the May 8, 1945, surrender of Nazi Germany. German generals are shown signing the unconditional surrender …
331 viewsR Street Institute Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties Policy Director Jillian Snider discussed a new report and recommendations to increase police data transparency.
190 viewsTulane University history professor Rien Fertel discussed the erection of Confederate monuments in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century at the same time as efforts to integrate and un…
15 viewsPolitico national security reporter Alexander Ward talked about the Biden administration’s efforts to restore America’s influence globally following the Trump administration’s America First …
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