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Speeches, documentaries and debates.

Do the differences between the U.S., Saudi Arabia make them friends or foes?
The U.S. has had a close relationship with Saudi Arabia for more than 70 years. However, the 9/11 attacks, human rights concerns, U.S. oil development and diverging interests in the Middle East have strained this relationship.
How "moral courage" can help fix polarization in politics, faith
Irshad Manji, founder of the Moral Courage Project at the University of Southern California, spoke Tuesday in Minneapolis at the Westminster Town Hall Forum about how to heal to heal polarization in the U.S.
Old pictures, cherished items reveal stories of African-American life
The Washington Post last year asked people across the country to submit photographs of family objects that connect them personally to black history. Then journalists worked to tell the stories behind them.