Seventy-Five years ago next week – FDR gave one of his most important public addresses – the so-called Four Freedoms speech. What lessons does that speech hold for us today – in 2015? Professor Harvey Kaye, The Fight For The Four Freedoms: What Made FDR And The Greatest Generation Truly Great/University of Wisconsin at Green Bay joins...
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Seventy-Five years ago next week – FDR gave one of his most important public addresses – the so-called Four Freedoms speech. What lessons does that speech hold for us today – in 2015? Professor Harvey Kaye, The Fight For The Four Freedoms: What Made FDR And The Greatest Generation Truly Great/University of Wisconsin at Green Bay joins...
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A Houston-area Muslim community is reeling after their mosque caught fire on Christmas Day. Muslim leaders are warning against jumping to conclusions – but officials are saying that it could be arson. What has caused this uptick in outright violence against Muslims in America? Is this a reaction to Paris – or Donald Trump’s rhetoric – or something deeper? Zainab Chaudry, Council On American-Islamic Relations (C.A.I.R) joins...
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The full text of the Transpacific Partnership – or SHAFTA as I like to call it – was released early in November. There wasn’t much coverage of the agreement before the text was released – but between Donald Trump’s outrageous campaign and the fact that it’s the middle of the holiday season – news about the agreement has completely fallen out of the public eye. But the agreement hasn’t disappeared – and opponents are still fighting to get the message out that this deal would be a massive corporate handover that would ship more jobs overseas – and also...
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It’s becoming increasingly obvious that gun violence in America isn’t just a problem but a full-blown health crisis. So why isn’t the Centers for Disease Control allowed to study...
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