Who Controls the Purse? Presidential Power and the Fight Over Spending| Retro Report

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Presidents v. Press: How the Pentagon Papers Leak Set Up First Amendment Showdowns | Retro Report
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Presidents v. Press: How the Pentagon Papers Leak Set Up First Amendment Showdowns | Retro Report

This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like
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This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like

How Proctor’s texts in Karen Read lawsuit could free dangerous criminals
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How Proctor’s texts in Karen Read lawsuit could free dangerous criminals

Trump Tries to Catch Reflecting Pool “Vandals” & Miami Gets a Scottish Takeover | The Daily Show
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Trump Tries to Catch Reflecting Pool “Vandals” & Miami Gets a Scottish Takeover | The Daily Show

This Is What Brexit Cost the World
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This Is What Brexit Cost the World

Gerrymandering Tilts Political Power. Here’s How Redistricting Affects Democracy. | Retro Report
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Gerrymandering Tilts Political Power. Here’s How Redistricting Affects Democracy. | Retro Report

Inside the Saturday Night Massacre: Nixon, Watergate and the Fight for Accountability | Retro Report
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Inside the Saturday Night Massacre: Nixon, Watergate and the Fight for Accountability | Retro Report

How Today’s Debates on Immigration Were Shaped by a 1980s Church-Led Refugee Network | Retro Report
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How Today’s Debates on Immigration Were Shaped by a 1980s Church-Led Refugee Network | Retro Report

Filibuster 101: How One Senator Can Stop Everything | Civics Made Easy
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Filibuster 101: How One Senator Can Stop Everything | Civics Made Easy

Britain Sold Palestine to Pay Its WWI Debt. The Balfour Declaration Was a Banking Deal!
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Britain Sold Palestine to Pay Its WWI Debt. The Balfour Declaration Was a Banking Deal!

Trump Reflecting Pool: Arrested man’s attorney laughs at charges
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Trump Reflecting Pool: Arrested man’s attorney laughs at charges

AI Wants Your Life: Tech Boss Meredith Whittaker Says No | The Mishal Husain Show
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AI Wants Your Life: Tech Boss Meredith Whittaker Says No | The Mishal Husain Show

Oligarchy is worse than you think
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Oligarchy is worse than you think

What the World War II-Era Bracero Program Reveals About U.S. Immigration Debates | Retro Report
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What the World War II-Era Bracero Program Reveals About U.S. Immigration Debates | Retro Report

Trump's Power & the Rule of Law: Bill Kristol (interview) | FRONTLINE
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Trump's Power & the Rule of Law: Bill Kristol (interview) | FRONTLINE

We Asked a CIA Officer 24 Tough Questions | Honesty Box
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We Asked a CIA Officer 24 Tough Questions | Honesty Box

The Crime That Fueled an Asian American Civil Rights Movement | Retro Report
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The Crime That Fueled an Asian American Civil Rights Movement | Retro Report

Historian Timothy Snyder on ENDING Trump Nightmare FOR GOOD | PoliticsGirl
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Historian Timothy Snyder on ENDING Trump Nightmare FOR GOOD | PoliticsGirl

Nothing about the honey badger is normal... and here is why
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Nothing about the honey badger is normal... and here is why

What if We Actually Taxed the Rich? | Robert Reich
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What if We Actually Taxed the Rich? | Robert Reich