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Authors Emily Raboteau ("Lessons for Survival"), Christina Greer ("Black Ethnics") and Bettina Love ("Punished for Dreaming") discussed how technology and social media have impacted the figh…

McKendree University professor Lauren Thompson talked about how, despite prohibitions against it, Union and Confederate soldiers often fraternized, sharing coffee, tobacco, and newspapers. T…

Bestselling author David Grann talked about a mutiny aboard the British naval ship The Wager off the coast of South America in the mid-18th century and the court martial that followed. This …

This 1968 documentary tells the story of Lady Bird Johnson’s beautification program. The program focused on improving neglected areas of the nation’s capital by planting trees and flowers, c…

The historical legacy of singer Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” her lament about the lynchings of African Americans, was considered in a conversation that included the composer’s son. Roos…

This animated short film was a cautionary tale designed to instruct service personnel about security. Part of a series, it was written by Dr. Seuss, voiced by Mel Blanc, and distributed by t…

“In America, we respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech. ... I understand. That’s America. But there is no place on any campus in America--any place in America--for antisemi…

K-12 public school officials from California, Maryland, and New York condemned antisemitism and defended their districts' policies, during a hearing before the House Education and the Workfo…

New York Times correspondent David Sanger spoke about China’s rise, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and America’s role in the world in the 21st century. He was interviewed by Harvard Universit…

What was President Eisenhower’s role in radio broadcasts designed to fight communism as the Cold War took shape? Mark Pomar, a senior fellow at the Clements Center for National Security, det…

Loyola Law School clinical professor Jessica Levinson discussed her law and politics podcast “Passing Judgment” and other news of the day.

The 1960s folk band “The Swingin' Six” stars in a U.S. Postal Service public service announcement explaining the zip code system, which was first introduced in 1963. ZIP is an acronym for Zo…

Author Joseph Campbell discussed polling failures and surprises in presidential elections from 1936 to 2020. This event took place at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C.

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E&E News energy reporter Benjamin Storrow discussed an analysis of how the Biden Administration has spent the $1.6T on energy and infrastructure programs so far.

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer explained his judicial philosophy and approach to the U.S. Constitution, summed up in his book’s subtitle, “Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism…

Virginia Tech lecturer Taulby Edmondson discussed unionization efforts in the West Virginia mining industry that led to a series of armed conflicts in the 1910s and 1920s. Virginia Tech is l…

Author Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.…

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Data security executives testified before a Senate Commerce subcommittee on protecting consumers' data against unauthorized access. One of the witnesses, former Meta privacy manager Prem Tri…