MPR News Presents

Speeches, documentaries and debates.

The Democracy Test: 'Created Equal'
Neal Conan and historian Heather Cox Richardson discuss what we can learn from history, in a program titled, "Created Equal." How did democracy survive the crisis of economic inequality during the Great Depression and resist communism and fascism?
The Democracy Test: 'A House Divided'
Poisonous partisan politics tore the country apart in the years leading up to the Civil War. What we can learn from history about defusing tribal politics?