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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Part III: The Reconstruction Amendments and How They’ve Created Our Political World Today. Guest: Eric Foner, the DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. His book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book is The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the … Continued
Part II: Abraham Lincoln, the Radical Republicans & Andrew Johnson. Guest: Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. His book The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer. His latest book is called The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.
Part I: The 1850s. Guest: Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. His book The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer. His latest book is called The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.
Guest: Robert Ovetz is a lecturer in Political Science and Public Administration at San José State University. He writes about the politics of the labor movement, work, and the crisis of capitalism at the turn of the 20th century. He is the author of the book When Workers Shot Back: Class Conflict from 1877 to … Continued
Guest: Maureen Ferran is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Viral Researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology. New York State.
Guests: Catherine Tactaquin is a long time immigrant rights activist and policy expert. She is the former director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Phil Keisling is Board Chair of National Vote at Home Institute. He is former Secretary of State in Oregon from 1991 to 1999.
Guest: A. C. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy and Master of New College of the Humanities, London. Among his many books are Liberty in the Age of Terror, Democracy and Its Crisis, The History of Philosophy, and his latest, The Good State: On the Principles of Democracy.
Guest: Neil Kinkopf is a Professor of Law at the Georgia State University College of Law. He is co-author with Peter Shane and Harold Bruff of the book Separation of Powers Law: Cases and Materials. Professor Kinkopf is a constitutional lawyer who specializes on separation of powers with emphasis on presidential power.
Guest: Craig Aaron created Free Press and Free Press action almost 20 years ago. Free Press is an advocacy organization that aims at safeguarding Net Neutrality, stop media consolidation, defend public media and sustain quality journalism. He is the editor of two books, Appeal to Reason: 25 Years of In These Times and Changing Media: Public Interest Policies … Continued
Guest: Chris Beyrer MD, MPH, is the Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a Professor of Epidemiology, International Health, Health, Behavior and Society, Nursing and medicine. He serves as Director of Johns Hopkins Training Program in HIV … Continued
