Tag: american history

David Rubenstein’s take on what American history can teach our politicians
- by Garret Jacobs
- 2 weeks ago
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JUDY WOODRUFF: In 2013, billionaire investor, businessman and philanthropist David Rubenstein set out an ambitious plan, to moderate a series of conversations with prominent historians in front of an audience of bipartisan lawmakers. The goal? To make members of Congress
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Jelani Cobb on Race in American Democracy
- by Garret Jacobs
- 2 weeks ago
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I’m a historian, so I think about things in a particular context. And the first is that American democracy, to the extent that we can refer to such a thing as American democracy, is younger than the American Constitution. The
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How Perceptions of Race and Sex Impact the 2016 Presidential Election | William Jelani Cobb
- by Garret Jacobs
- 2 weeks ago
- 60 comments
One of the things that tends to characterize the way Americans think about progress is that we think of it as a kind of straight line, you know. We have like the X-axis and the Y-axis and the kind of
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Trump Thanks Republicans After GOP Lawmakers Stormed Secure Impeachment Hearing | NBC Nightly News
- by Garret Jacobs
- 1 month ago
- 24 comments
ON THE WHITE HOUSE TO DO MORE. HERE IS NBC’S PETER DO MORE. HERE IS NBC’S PETER ALEXANDER. HERE IS NBC’S PETER ALEXANDER.>>Reporter: TONIGHT ALEXANDER.>>Reporter: TONIGHT KEY REPUBLICANS ARE>>Reporter: TONIGHT KEY REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING THE WHITE KEY REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING
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Terrorism, War, and Bush 43: Crash Course US History #46
- by Garret Jacobs
- 1 month ago
- 100 comments
Hi, I’m John Green, this is CrashCourse U.S. history and today we’ve done it! WE’VE FINALLY REACHED THE 21st CENTURY! Today, we boldly go where no history course has gone before, because your teacher ran out of time and never
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50 Insane Facts About Vietnam War You Didn’t Know
- by Garret Jacobs
- 2 months ago
- 100 comments
East vs West, Democracy vs Communism, USA vs the Soviet Union- unfortunately for the residents of Vietnam they would become the casualties of a struggle far greater than themselves as two superpowers jockeyed for global domination, with their nation as
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Andrew Jackson: Founder of the Democratic Party (1829 – 1837)
- by Garret Jacobs
- 3 months ago
- 14 comments
It’s Professor Dave, let’s discuss Andrew Jackson. The election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency is a watershed moment in the history of American politics, since he is considered the founder of the modern Democratic Party. He was the first
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Face to face with voters: Bingham’s Country Politician
- by Garret Jacobs
- 3 months ago
- 2 comments
(jazzy piano music) – [Steven] We’re in the de Young Museum, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Looking at a painting by George Caleb Bingham, painted in 1849 and it’s called Country Politician. The scene is set
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Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America’s Nonstop Political Party
- by Garret Jacobs
- 3 months ago
- 100 comments
Good morning, Hank. It’s Tuesday. and I have strep throat which I rate 0/10 not recommended. so your video about the political situation in Brazil made me think about the political situation here in the United States specifically the tortuously
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Black Republicans: They Exist(ed)
- by Garret Jacobs
- 3 months ago
- 100 comments
– [Azie] What do Maxine Waters, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Condoleezza Rice, Ben Carson, Barack Obama, and all of these people have in common? – I mean, they’re Black. – Huh, what? – Black, they’re all Black politicians. – Whether
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