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Katherine bentoncohen on the progressive era. Our goal today is to think about what progressivism was, and to think about what i think its core dialectic was. The tension between democracy and efficiency. These were both ideals that people from a Broad Spectrum of political backgrounds believes was important, and they believed they were not incompatible, but you can see ways that they were fundamentally at some tension. Throughout class think about democracy versus efficiency. So the central question for historians of the early 20th century is what is progressivism. A famous article that came ...

Okay. Well, good morning, everybody. Today, were going to discuss the jazz age. At least im going to discuss it, and your part of the discussion will be at the end. Please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses. That would be good. The jazz age, the period from 1919 to 1929 reminds me of the opening lines of the tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well it wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people, it was certainly good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th ame...

Sitting alone in my apartment gesticulating on my laptop, its really wonderful too i guess be able to articulate a person to you guys today. So just wanted to give a big thank you to the organization of american historians for putting together this conference and for accommodating all of the different varieties in which people chose to participate, even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to thank rachel and bart who unfortunately cant be here today but who was really the one responsible for bringing us all together today. She originally conceived as a roun...

early" on this tuesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. i don't know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair, i can't speak to that. >> right. ouch. left hook. >> yeah. >> you know, also, i can't answer any questions about "playboy" stars. i can't answer those questions. oh, and i know nothing about having businesses that go bankrupt after you inherit $400 million from your father. i can't speak to blowing that money that quickly. >> can't speak to being creepy. >> come on now. come on. boy, that was quite the defen...

Temperatures rise steadily into this year. And just look at that peak. Now, of course, last month is part of a bigger picture. These squiggly grey lines you see here show the average temperatures across a calendar year. And this goes all the way back to before the industrial era began more than 200 years ago. The red line here represents 2016. That is the hottest year ever recorded. But look at this year from may youll see it here from may. Temperatures start to rise until they are way above the previous record. Little wonder that Scientists Say 2023 will almost certainly be the hottest year e...