Stories - Life Stories
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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.
Definition of democracy in America and the limits of majority rule
Analyzing Alan Keyes's unconventional tax proposals for Obama's 2004 Senate campaign
Historical origins and current funding structure of the New York Public Library
US government policy of not paying ransoms for captured journalists
Defense of historical workplace rules for women as reasonable societal decisions
Consequences of reduced journalistic access to conflict zones like Syria and Iraq
Trump's election as a white lash to the first Black president
Granting partial amnesty to Vietnam-era draft resisters to heal the nation
EJI's museum as a tool to shift perspectives among future decision makers
Decision to suspend publication of Life magazine and its financial pressures
Challenges of separating mosque and state in Middle Eastern societies
“Think about what you have done and try to leave this world a little bit better than you found it. That's all there is. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to be anything. Just leave it a little bit better.”
Tova Friedman
Lincoln's proposed gradual emancipation plan for the border states
Obama's lifelong pattern of navigating personal and political traps
Father's background, rise to power, and role as Shah of Iran
The Klan's decline and threats to FDR's presidency during the Great Depression
Working for Obama and the qualities that inspired loyalty
Watergate reporting and building the case against Nixon piece by piece
Respect for Obama and understanding the pressures he faced as president
Lincoln's role in emancipation versus the agency of enslaved people themselves
Concern over the lack of women in leadership roles and its root causes
