The Loneliness of the Black Republican

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Harvard Kennedy School professor Leah Rigueur lays out a new understanding of the interaction between African-Americans and the Republican Party, exploring the seemingly incongruous intersection of civil rights and American […]

The Class of ’74: Congress after Watergate

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In November 1974, following the historic Watergate scandal, Americans voiced their displeasure with the GOP by electing a wave of 76 Democratic freshmen to the U.S. House of Representatives. Commonly […]

Ambassador Vlora Çitaku

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“I was not in a position to choose whether I want to be an artist or actor or astronaut or mathematician or linguist or lawyer. That’s not an option when […]

The Great War in East Asia

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Most of the world focused its attention on events in Europe during the First World War, but many changes were brought to the Far East as well. Both China and […]

The Forgotten Home Front

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Often called the “Forgotten War,” the Korean War was, in fact, the ignored war. It was ignored not because Americans did not care, but because they cared too much about […]

The Kansas Midterms

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The race to Election Day is heating up, providing one of the state’s most fascinating midterm cycles in recent memory. Guests can get an inside look at many of the […]

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