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A government of the people, by the people, and for the people isn’t possible without the laborious process of nominating and electing candidates, in a manner fair and free to all citizens. How did this process begin and how has it evolved over the course of American history? Does it even remotely resemble—for better or for worse—the manner in which the Founding Fathers gained high office? Using the 2000 election of George W. Bush and the uncertainties...
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Dan Rather Remembers 9/11 is a special broadcast hosted by the man who was watched by tens of millions of viewers on the day America was attacked. This video shares his personal recollections as well as poignant stories about how much our country has changed and sacrificed in the last decade.
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In the biography Partners in Power: Nixon and Kissinger, historian Robert Dallekhighlights the tumultuous years of Nixon's presidency and provides an inside look at American policymaking during the years 1969-1974. In this interview, Dallek explains why he wrote the book and provides insight on the complex relationship between the president and his national security advisor.
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Travel into the world of American workers, and view the poignant social problems that accompanied industrialization. Learn how technological changes in industry affected living conditions for workers, and follow the rise of labor movements, violent strikes, and intense conflict between labor unions and management.
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Learn about reformers' efforts to address the miserable living and working conditions of industrial workers, and new labor laws that followed the galvanizing events of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Bread and Roses Strike. Also study the movements to eradicate child labor and to federally regulate food and medicines.
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California tried. And then it failed. Uniquely charged by its constitution to guarantee the "happiness" of its residents, the state empowered voters to demand by referendum whatever they wanted to spend money on-from better schools to bigger prisons-and to refuse by referendum to pay the bills. A legislature paralyzed by both gridlock and a requirement that taxes can only be raised by a two-thirds vote combined to dig the state into a deep, deep hole,...
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On this episode, Dan Rather Reports will examine the current global citizen uprising behind the “Occupy Wall Street” gatherings, how corporate America is reacting, and the actions of the big banks, which sold faulty investments? In addition, we'll speak with Middle East expert Fouad Ajami, who discusses the Arab Spring and how it currently resonates on Wall Street and around the globe. Finally, an interview with Liberia’s president Ellen Johnson...