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The presidency: America's highest glass ceiling

The presidency: America's highest glass ceiling

The 2016 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina mark the latest in a string of 200 women who have tried for the top office in the land, starting with a campaign in 1872. Historian Ellen Fitzpatrick tells us how the campaigns of Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Chase Smith and Shirley Chisholm can inform this year's election.

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Peter Wehner on the future of the Republican Party

Peter Wehner on the future of the Republican Party

Peter Wehner is a lifelong Republican who worked in the last three Republican administrations. Wehner says the Republican party has been out of touch with the concerns of middle class Americans, and he hopes a new GOP can arise from the ashes of defeat, if that's what happens in November.

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Listen: The 9th Democratic presidential debate

Listen: The 9th Democratic presidential debate

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders debated on CNN in Brooklyn, N.Y., just a few days before New York's primary election.

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Westminster Town Hall Forum: Jacob Hacker on 'Prosperity Economics: Building an Economy for All'

Westminster Town Hall Forum: Jacob Hacker on 'Prosperity Economics: Building an Economy for All'

A LIVE broadcast of the Westminster Town Hall Forum. Jacob Hacker has written about politics and the economy for a long time and his latest book is called "American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper."

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Intelligence Squared debate: Should the U.S. eliminate corporate subsidies?

Intelligence Squared debate: Should the U.S. eliminate corporate subsidies?

A lot of private sector businesses get government subsidies in the form of loans, tax breaks, incentives, regulations and more. Is taxpayer support "corporate welfare" that distorts the markets, or is it actually helping the economy? An Intelligence Squared debate on the motion: the US should eliminate corporate subsidies.

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Michael Eric Dyson on race in America and the Obama presidency

Michael Eric Dyson on race in America and the Obama presidency

Race relations in America and the surprising ways the politics of race have shaped President Obama's identity and groundbreaking presidency. Georgetown University sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson explores Obama's achievements, and his possible legacy, in a new book titled, "The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America."

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Martin Frost on 'The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis'

Martin Frost on 'The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis'

Former Congressmen Tim Penny of Minnesota and Martin Frost of Texas discuss Frost's new book, "The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis." Is Congress too partisan and dysfunctional to pass meaningful legislation? And what can be done about it? Penny and Frost spoke at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School on Tuesday.

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