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And the socialist party of America President ial campaigns of eugene debs. This class is one hour and 10 minutes. Prof. Foner this is called the american radical tradition. We started with the American Revolution and have been going through the Abolitionist Movement, early feminism, the civil war reconstruction, labor conflict in the gilded age, the populist movement now we are entering into the 20th century. In the next couple of weeks, we will look at the progressive era, a period of a lot of ...

Openly and humanly and maybe it helps me a little bit in dealing with trying to be an honest broker in terms of asking tough questions of all sides as we come to the end of the political campaign, because i instead of saying, gee, i dont have biases, i recognize the biases and try to put them in my back pocket. You also say in the chapter on george w. Bush, when i first met him at a small luncheon for reporters, the reality was in sharp contrast to the popular image. When did you first meet him ...

Because theyre being told that the president is acting unconstitutionally, which is nonsense, the president is breaking the law, which is nonsense. If that was the case, Ronald Reagan brock the law, george h. W. Bush broke the law. But they should vent their frustration at the house of representatives, who not only have not voted on the senate bill but have not offered a bill of their own. The president said degreed a lival in nevada, pass a bill. The runs have it within their ability to pass a ...

Forward in whatever their path of life to make a positive contribution to the strength of our democracy. Bless us this day bless us this day and every day and all that is done within these hallowed halls n for your greater honor and glory amen. The speaker pro tempore the compare compare and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from ohio, mr. Chabot. Mr. Chabot please join m...

Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories a...

A week after a u. S. Raid eliminated the key isis leader the group yesterday captured the city of ramadi. This morning, we are asking our viewers to weigh in on the fight against isis. More than nine months after the first u. S. Strike against the group, has it been worth the effort . Our lines are open. Give us a call. Democrats can call at 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7458002. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter, facebook, or send us an email a...

[indiscernible] finishing up with former cia Deputy Director michael morell. We will air this again later in the program schedule, or you can watch it again shortly online at cspan. Org. We do have more life events coming up today. Joe manchin will be speaking at the Brookings Institution this afternoon. He will be talking about governing from the middle. Watch his remarks live at 2 00 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, cspan3. Later, its more from the road to the white house with Hillary C...

Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Rebecca frankel is the author of war dogs. Ms. Frankel, whats on the cover of your book . So this is a handler and his dog, and theyre doing a Training Exercise for a mission that they might have to do in afghanistan or iraq which does include a drop from a helicopter. What sparked you to write about war dogs . My job in foreign policy, weve been writing about the iraq war...

[applause] thank you very much. Thank you for coming today. [applause] i want to thank the Miamidade College for hosting us here today. Im proud to be here. I said this a week ago at an event we did hear with Small Businesses. I dont know if any other institution in america that has opened the door to more American Dreams than Miamidade College has and its a true treasure for our community and dr. Predrawns leadership is a true treasure and we thank you for your service to our committee and our ...

The northeast. So on the far left one of the earlier monopoly players was rex tugwell. He later joined fdrs cabinet but was also a teacher at columbia and in the center you have ernest angel who was a National Chairman of the aclu. He had been playing the game here in new york and his son roger angel is a writer for the new yorker if youre a great narrative sports journalism fan. Scott nearing plays the game, he was a professor at wharton who was involved in a very important Academic Freedom cas...