Stories - Life Stories
Stories 2506 Interviews 119
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.
Jason Robards's portrayal of Bradlee and key Watergate corroboration moments
John McCain's return to the Senate against doctor's orders during health care vote
How 9/11 enabled Bush's idealistic case for the Iraq War
Legacy of the Voting Rights Act and ongoing barriers to voting access
Arab and Muslim perceptions of the caliphate's abolition and Western influence
Becoming Director of the Women's Bureau under the Clinton administration
FDR's expansion of the presidency and its democratic implications
Founding of the Washington Research Project and Children's Defense Fund mission
Distinctions between abolitionism and Lincoln's anti-slavery philosophy
Adams's independent foreign policy approach and clash with Hamilton over France
“Someone told me the story about the child throwing starfish back into the ocean one at a time. 'It makes a difference to this one.' That's kind of how I've looked at it ever since. I can't be Dolores Huerta or Martin Sheen, but I can do what I can do in the rooms I find myself in to look for that starfish.”
Noah Wyle
Roots of the human rights foreign policy agenda in Southern upbringing
Growing tensions over slavery's expansion in the 1830s and 1840s
Reflecting on father's legacy and adapting to exile after the revolution
Nixon's obsession with Bradlee as revealed on the White House tapes
President Obama's words at the museum's opening
Discovering the CIA connection at the Watergate burglars' arraignment
Workplace culture barriers and work-family challenges facing women
Lincoln's enduring legacy and lessons about American character and democracy
Franklin Roosevelt's masterful and strategic use of radio during the Great Depression
Lincoln's election as a turning point in constitutional history
