Guest: David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a finalist three other times. Among his bestselling books are biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Roberto Clemente, and Vince Lombardi, Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World, They Marched into Sunlight (winner of the J. Anthony Lucas Prize and Pulitzer Finalist in History), and his latest, Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe.
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Letters and Politics – November 9, 2023
Censuring Rashida Tlaib & Vijay Prashad Responds
The 2024 White House Budget Request for the Border & The Trump’s Legal Cases
Shutting Down Tacoma Port to Delay Military Aid to Israel & US Military Bases in the World
The U.S. Military Aid for Israel, No Humanitarian Assistance for Gaza & the Calls for a Ceasefire
A History of Antisemitism in Today’s World & An Update on the Spending Request for Israel in Congress
The Palestine/Israel Conflict – US Foreign Policy. Then, the Backlash Against Lawmakers who Signed the Ceasefire Resolution
International Law in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Ilan Pappé: Crisis in Zionism, Opportunity for Palestine?
Congress, Gaza, and the Calling for a Ceasefire
How The Female Body Drives Evolution
The Geopolitics of the Israel/Palestine Conflict
The Founder of Modern Gynecology & The Enslaved Woman He Experimented On
The House Speakership Chaos & The History of Hamas
The CIA Backed Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
The Palestine/Israel Conflict – The Media Coverage and the Backlash Across US
A History of the AR-15
The Palestine / Israel Conflict: The Root Causes of the Occupation and the US Involvement
The Palestine/Israel Conflict: Processing the Tragedy and Finding Justice
The Palestine / Israeli Conflict: A History of Settler Colonialism & Resistance
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