History

America Abroad: 'Islam and the Cosmos'
Host Madeleine Brand looks back at the "Golden Age of Islam" and why the European Renaissance might not have happened without it. She explores how some Muslim countries are trying to again become world leaders in astronomy and space science.
50 years ago: McCarthy stuns political world in NH presidential primary
A 2006 Minnesota Public Radio News documentary offers insight into the Minnesota senator's personality as well as the disconnect between the 1968 presidential candidate and his supporters.
LBJ, Nixon and the Supreme Court
A look at how those two presidents used the court for political gains and shaped forever the way nominees would be considered.
A new era for 'The Presidents Club'
Ex-presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush gave separate speeches criticizing President Trump, without naming him. Two experts on the presidency reflect on 70 years of competition, cooperation and compassion among the American presidents and their predecessors.
George Washington's warning to future generations
Some warnings from President George Washington's "Farewell Address," about the forces that could destroy our democracy. In September 1796, as he became a private citizen, he worried about hyper-partisanship, excessive debt and entanglements in foreign wars.