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Title | Date published | ||
Election Sunday: Convention Speeches (1980s) | 2020-07-19 | ||
Riots Sweep NYC (1863) | 2020-07-16 | ||
The Pandemic We Forget (1968) w/ Leon Neyfakh | 2020-07-14 | ||
VP Gore (1992) w/ John Dickerson | 2020-07-09 | ||
Welcome Alaska (1958) w/ John Dickerson | 2020-07-07 | ||
The Man Who Didn't Sign The Declaration (1776) w/ John Dickerson | 2020-07-02 | ||
Newspaper Strike! (1945) w/ Jane Coaston | 2020-06-30 | ||
The Great Reunion (1913) w/ Jane Coaston | 2020-06-25 | ||
Resurrection City (1968) w/ Jane Coaston | 2020-06-23 | ||
Juneteenth (1865) | 2020-06-18 | ||
Getting The New Deal Done (1933) | 2020-06-16 | ||
One Of Those Days (1963) w/ Josh Levin | 2020-06-11 | ||
David Duke The Democrat (1988) | 2020-06-09 | ||
Shirley Shows Up (1972) | 2020-06-04 | ||
The Steel Strike Showdown (1952) | 2020-06-02 | ||
Ain't I A Woman (1851) w/ Akilah Hughes | 2020-05-28 | ||
Hands Across America (1986) | 2020-05-26 | ||
Treason! (1807) | 2020-05-21 | ||
The Caning Of Sumner (1856) | 2020-05-19 | ||
Ron Paul Bows Out (2012) | 2020-05-14 |