Washington Post’s national political reporter and Washington Week moderator Robert Costa joins us to talk about the Biden and Trump campaign strategies to woo voters ahead of Election Day.
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Was It A Mistake To Unite The States?
Richard Kreitner, contributing writer to The Nation, joins us to look at past and present attempts to dissolve the United States.
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In The Revolution, Most Black Soldiers Fought For The British
Farah Peterson, law professor and legal historian at the University of Chicago Law School, joins us to set the record straight on the Black experience dating back to the time of the nation’s founding.
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Is Kamala Harris Biden’s Bridge To The White House?
Niambi Carter, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Political Science at Howard University, joins us to reflect on the Democratic and Republican National Conventions – and talk about what Howard alum Kamala Harris brings to the Joe Biden ticket.
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Designing For Disability Helps Everybody
Sara Hendren teaches design for disability at Olin College of Engineering, and she joins us to talk about the idea that disability isn’t about a person, so much as the way a person must navigate an unhelpful world.
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America’s Do-Over: The Three Amendments That Define Reconstruction
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, joins us to talk about how the blueprint for our modern America was drawn during Reconstruction.
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So Who’s Russia Backing In November?
Laura Rosenberger, the director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, joins us to talk about foreign interference and the security of the 2020 presidential election.
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How We Can Protect Voter Rights In November
Gilda R. Daniels, former voting expert in the Justice Department of both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, joins us to talk about protecting the voting rights of Americans.
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Working Women: The Professional Casualties Of COVID-19
Chabeli Carrazana, economy reporter for The 19th News, joins us to talk about how women’s meager workplace gains since the 1970s are being wiped out by the pandemic – and how they’ll be tough to regain.
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The Oppression At The Heart Of White Feminism
Writer and diversity consultant Mikki Kendall joins us to explain how the feminist movement continues to marginalize women of color.
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Women Couldn’t Fight (But Went To War Anyway)
Kara Dixon Vuic, professor of war, conflict and society in 20th Century America at TCU, joins us to discuss the roles of young women volunteers through the Vietnam War and beyond. Her new book is called “The Girls Next Door: Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines.”
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The Bank Heist That Turned Into A Psychological Experiment
Historian David King joins us to talk about the series of events that led hostages inside a bank to identify so closely with their gun-wielding captor.
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