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AW: Eve Ewing, "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism"
Professor Eve Ewing argues that education systems in the United States have been designed to reinforce racial inequality at the expense of Black & Na…
1 year, 3 months ago
BN+: Sean McMeekin, "July 1914"
A little over 100 years ago was the beginning of what's often been called the Great War. World War I had military casualties of over nine million and…
1 year, 3 months ago
Q&A: Louis Ferrante, "Borgata: Clash of Titans" PART 1
Former mafia associate Louis Ferrante talks about "Borgata: Clash of Titans," volume two of his history of the American mafia that covers the years 1…
1 year, 3 months ago
AW: Anson Frericks, "Last Call for Bud Light"
Former president of Anheuser-Busch Sales & Distribution Company Anson Frericks offers his insight to the Bud Light controversy, declining sales & its…
1 year, 3 months ago
BN+: David Levering Lewis, "The Stained Glass Window"
David Levering Lewis is an American historian and retired professor from New York University. He's the author of 12 books and the winner of two Pulit…
1 year, 3 months ago
Q&A: Reginald Dwayne Betts on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Reginald Dwayne Betts originally read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" – King's defense of the use of nonviolent civil dis…
1 year, 3 months ago
AW: Omo Moses, "The White Peril - A Family Memoir"
Omo Moses, son of civil rights organizer Robert Moses, talks about being Black in America through the voices of three generations of the Moses family…
1 year, 3 months ago
BN+: Jane Calvert, "Penman of the Founding"
John Dickinson is one of the most significant founders of the United States who is not well known by the American public. Author Jane Calvert is tryi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Q&A: Judge Frederic Block, "A Second Chance"
U.S. District Court judge Frederic Block (Eastern District of New York) talks about the application of the 2018 First Step Act, under which federal p…
1 year, 3 months ago
After Words: Eva Dou, House of Huawei - The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company"
The Washington Post's Eva Dou explains how Huawei became China's most powerful company & what that means for its global competitors. She was intervie…
1 year, 3 months ago