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 […]
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The Italian Home Front in World War II
Event Category:A wide variety of complex and diverse aspects defined the Italian experience as both enemy and ally during World War II. Lou DiMarco will lead an examination of these themes, […]
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The Kansas Midterms
Event Category: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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2018 FALL | Political Campaigns, Top to Bottom: Data, Door Knocking and the 2018 Midterms
Event Category:Dole Fellow Kelly Dietrich Technology has transformed every aspect of the modern political campaign, from polling to messaging to fundraising and beyond. Kelly Dietrich, founder of the National Democratic Training […]
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2018 CONSTITUTION DAY | Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment
Event Category:Proposed after the Civil War and ratified in 1868, the 14th Amendment is perhaps the single most important amendment to the Constitution. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to the former […]
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2018 | Military and Veteran Caregivers
Event Category:When Sen. Bob Dole was hospitalized at Walter Reed Hospital in 2011, Sen. Elizabeth Dole became a firsthand witness to the hardships experienced by the caregivers to our nation’s veterans. […]
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Retreats, Riots and Reds: The Russian Annus Horribilis
Event Category:When Tsar Nicholas II took personal command of the Imperial Russian Army in 1915, he hoped to salvage the military situation on the eastern front. The issues on the front […]
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Better Angels: Can We Depolarize America?
Event Category:In strained political times, Better Angels is taking on deep divisions in the United States. A nonpartisan nonprofit, the core of the group’s mission is to heal political divides in […]
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Military Professionalism in the Modern Age
Event Category:Nathan K. Finney and Tyrell O. Mayfield, editors of the new book “Redefining the Modern Military: The Intersection of Profession and Ethics,” join the institute to discuss the importance of […]
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“Big Sonia” Screening and Filmmaker Q&A
Event Category:One of the last remaining Holocaust survivors living in Kansas City, Sonia Warshawski is a bridge between cultures and generations. Fondly nicknamed “Big Sonia” for her diminutive stature and larger-than-life […]
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In Conversation with Sonia Warshawski
Event Category:Follow up the screening of “Big Sonia” with an in-person visit from the film’s titular subject, Sonia Warshawski. Joined by her daughter, Regina Kort, Warshawski will discuss her experiences as […]
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Work, Fight, Give: American Relief Posters of World War II
Event Category:Hal Wert visits to present a new window on understanding a watershed event in our nation’s history. Using a vast collection of poster art, poster stamps, banners and programs issued […]