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Our stories are about how people make sense of their own lives, how they can shed light on our lives, and how we are connected to one another, to history, and to the larger human story.
Lincoln's constitutional vision and its role in transforming the nation
Politicians who prioritized undermining Obama over governing and policy
Adams's independent foreign policy approach and clash with Hamilton over France
Critique of the post-racial America narrative following Obama's election
The framers' decision to create a national executive amid democratic contradictions
FDR's leadership through crisis and his enduring message of hope
Lincoln's evolution as a model for responding to the needs of others
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the constitutional transformation of slavery
Lincoln's election, Southern secession, and the outbreak of Civil War
Jefferson's election of 1800 and the role of the Three-Fifths Clause
“See the dysfunction, but don't give up the human being. We can begin to talk to each other and begin to tell the truth.”
James Cromwell
Bryan Stevenson's challenge to states on their moral authority to impose death
Legal legacy of the Korematsu decision and risks of executive deference
Legal arguments in the Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson Supreme Court case
Obama's emotional authenticity in personal and public moments of grief
Obama's outsider experiences as preparation for leading a diverse nation
Militant Islamists' shift in focus toward targeting the United States
Trayvon Martin's death and its role in launching My Brother's Keeper
Lincoln's evolving moral views on enslaved people during the Civil War
FBI's COINTELPRO targeting of King and abuse of power by Hoover
Obama singing at the Mother Emanuel eulogy and the politics of grace
