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October 24, 2017 7:54 AM

Ari Melber on "Politics Governing and the Law"

Lawyer and MSNBC chief legal correspondent Ari Melber speaks at a live Westminster Town Hall Forum on politics and justice.

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October 23, 2017 4:00 AM

History shows slavery helped build many U.S. colleges and universities

As more schools begin to confront their participation in slavery, they also consider how to make amends.

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October 20, 2017 4:00 AM

APM Reports: College dreamers in Trump's America

President Trump is ending a program that allowed some young, undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the United States. For some, that may mean the end of a dream of going to college.

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October 19, 2017 12:00 AM

Schools struggle to hold on to teachers they need

The United States is struggling to attract and keep teachers. This APM Reports documentary "Keeping Teachers" shows that black men and teachers in rural areas are in especially short supply.

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October 18, 2017 12:00 AM

Anti-semitism in Minneapolis history

An unsavory part of Minnesota's past: In the 1930's and 1940's, Minneapolis had the dubious distinction of being one of the most anti-Semitic cities in America.

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October 17, 2017 12:00 AM

Walter Mondale on the struggle for civil rights

The struggle to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act is the focus of a Tony Award-winning play on stage this month at the History Theatre in downtown St. Paul, called "All the Way."

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October 16, 2017 12:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: The creative genius of Leonardo da Vinci

Best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson has written a new book about a man who he says takes the cake as the "world's most creative genius": Leonardo da Vinci. He says "we can't be Newton. We can't be Einstein. But we can try to be more like Leonardo."

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October 13, 2017 12:00 AM

APM Reports: 'Historically Black' series

Selections from the APM Reports/Washington Post podcast series, "Historically Black."

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October 12, 2017 12:00 AM

Intelligence Squared debate: Is Western democracy in danger?

Do populist and nationalist uprisings signal Western democracy's certain decline? A new debate from Intelligence Squared.

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October 11, 2017 12:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: American values embodied in the Constitution

Norman Lear and Khizr Khan speak at the Aspen Ideas Festival about the American values embodied in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

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