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Ari Melber on "Politics Governing and the Law"
Lawyer and MSNBC chief legal correspondent Ari Melber speaks at a live Westminster Town Hall Forum on politics and justice.
APM Reports: College dreamers in Trump's America
President Trump is ending a program that allowed some young, undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the United States. For some, that may mean the end of a dream of going to college.
Schools struggle to hold on to teachers they need
The United States is struggling to attract and keep teachers. This APM Reports documentary "Keeping Teachers" shows that black men and teachers in rural areas are in especially short supply.
Anti-semitism in Minneapolis history
An unsavory part of Minnesota's past: In the 1930's and 1940's, Minneapolis had the dubious distinction of being one of the most anti-Semitic cities in America.
Walter Mondale on the struggle for civil rights
The struggle to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act is the focus of a Tony Award-winning play on stage this month at the History Theatre in downtown St. Paul, called "All the Way."
Aspen Ideas Festival: The creative genius of Leonardo da Vinci
Best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson has written a new book about a man who he says takes the cake as the "world's most creative genius": Leonardo da Vinci. He says "we can't be Newton. We can't be Einstein. But we can try to be more like Leonardo."
APM Reports: 'Historically Black' series
Selections from the APM Reports/Washington Post podcast series, "Historically Black."
Intelligence Squared debate: Is Western democracy in danger?
Do populist and nationalist uprisings signal Western democracy's certain decline? A new debate from Intelligence Squared.
Aspen Ideas Festival: American values embodied in the Constitution
Norman Lear and Khizr Khan speak at the Aspen Ideas Festival about the American values embodied in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.