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Speeches, documentaries and debates.

Westminster Town Hall Forum: Kathleen Belew on the white power movement and paramilitary America
University of Chicago history professor Kathleen Belew speaks at the Westminster Town Hall Forum about her book, “Bringing the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America.”
Intelligence Squared debate: Shifting power in the Middle East
An Intelligence Squared US debate in which foreign policy experts debate three motions: Trump is right on Saudi Arabia; The world is safer without the Iran nuclear deal; and Turkey is an asset to NATO.
Climate One: The art of the green deal
Climate One series host Greg Dalton interviews two members of Congress about their proposals to address climate change — one Republican and one Democrat.
Highlights of two Minnesota speeches by Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts came to Minnesota several times for speaking engagements, and spoke at local Catholic colleges. You can hear excerpts of two talks she gave about values, courage, public service and leadership.
'The Invention of Race': Documentary explores how the concept of race developed
Racially charged disputes make headlines year after year in the United States. We are a society made up of all the races and ethnicities on the planet, and we have a painful history of exploitation and oppression tied to race. What we don't often consider is where the idea of different races came from. God? Nature? Or was it man-made? — and if so, why?