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Intelligence Squared: Who gets vaccinated first?
Intelligence Squared program with epidemiologist Dr. Larry Brilliant. “Who gets vaccinated first?”
Listen to highlights of the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony
Highlights of the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony of Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Minneapolis MLK Day speakers: Deval Patrick, Rev. Bernice King and Andrew Young
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast “virtual” speakers in 2021: Rev. Bernice King and Ambassador Andrew Young. As well as the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast keynote speaker: former Massachusetts governor and civil rights attorney Deval Patrick.
Understanding Martin Luther King's complex legacy
The APM documentary, “King’s Last March” explores the complex legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Humankind documentary about compassionate care provided by nurses
During this coronavirus pandemic, health care providers have been called on to do heroic duty for long hours, day after day and month after month. This hour, you'll hear a Humankind documentary, “Compassionate Nurses,” about the skill and compassion involved in being a nurse — even in the best of times.
Philosopher Michael Sandel on the politics of the common good
Political philosopher Michael Sandel of Harvard University speaks in the Aspen Ideas series about his new book, “The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?”
Intelligence Squared debate: Are identity politics a way to win?
As Georgia faces two runoff elections Tuesday, former Georgia state House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams and other voting-rights advocates have focused on identity politics as a way to prevail in the electoral process. Is it a winning strategy? Michael Eric Dyson and John McWhorter, experts on race and identity in America, sit with Intelligence Squared host and moderator John Donvan to debate.