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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
A conversation with Joanne B. Freeman about the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress, and how legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, caning, flipped desks, punches and all-out slugfests during the decades before the Civil War. Guest: Joanne B. Freeman, is a professor of history and American studies … Continued
A conversation with Professor Jason Stanley on how American racism is the United States own form of fascism. Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of several books including his latest How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. Please helps us reach our goal! Click here … Continued
Allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have emerged putting the confirmation vote in question. Democrats, along with several GOP senators are calling for a hold on the vote while the Senate investigates the case. For analysis on this issue we are joined by journalists and analysts Ruth Conniff and Antonia Juhasz. Then, … Continued
It has been a decade since the global recession began, with a banking system on the edge of collapse to people loosing their savings, retirements, and homes, and unemployment rates as low as the ones during the great depression of the 1930’s, and the largest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the very … Continued
A conversation with Elaine Mokhtefi about the Algerian war for independence, the defeat of France in 1962, and its influence in liberation movements in the Third World. Guest: Elaine Mokhtefi is a journalist, translator, and author who was a witness to many historical political events. She crossed paths with some of the most important revolutionary leaders an … Continued
Mitch Jeserich is in conversations with Chris Hedges about our current political crisis . Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist author of several books, including his latest America: The Farewell Tour. About America: The Farewell Tour America: The Farewell Tour is a profound and provocative examination of America in crisis, where unemployment, deindustrialization, and a … Continued
We talk to John Nichols for more analysis of the Brett Kavanaugh hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. Also the latest political issues in the White House and the meaning of the anonymous op-ed in the New York Times for the upcoming primaries. Guest: John Nichols is the Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine. … Continued
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
A conversation with Carolyn Shapiro about the history of Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice nominees. Guest: Carolyn Shapiro, associate professor of law and co-director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Click here to read her article Putting Supreme Court confirmation hearings in context. … Continued
Marking the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Democratic Convention we are in conversation about the political career of Hubert Humphrey, who won the Democratic nomination without running in a single primary. We’ll talk about Humphrey as a civil rights champion and a serious cold war warrior. Guest: Arnold A. Offner, Cornelia F. Hugel Professor of History at Lafayette … Continued
