Ask Cokie: Why Were Campaign Finance Laws Put In Place?
David Greene talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of campaign finance reform.
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Can Anyone Fix A Rigged Economy?
Is populism a threat or an opportunity?
In Brazil's National Museum Fire, Officials Fear 'Incalculable' Loss Of Artifacts
The blaze started Sunday night, spreading through the 200-year-old building and engulfing some of its 20 million artifacts.
Director Robert Greene On Haunting New Documentary, 'Bisbee '17'
NPR's Michel Martin interviews film director Robert Greene about Bisbee '17 a film that follows a town confronting the brutal exile of striking miners to a desert a century ago.
'Rush': The Other Founding Father From Philadelphia Named Benjamin
Stephen Fried's biography argues that Benjamin Rush — a pioneering physician, writer and a signatory to the Declaration of Independence — belongs on the historical tier of Benjamin Franklin.
Norman Eisen On Prague's 'Last Palace'
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Norman Eisen about his new book, The Last Palace. Eisen lived in a palace in Prague during his tenure as former U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic.
50 Years Later: Cokie Roberts On The 1968 Democratic Convention
NPR's David Greene talks with commentator Cokie Roberts, who shares her recollections of the 1968 Democratic Convention.
The Forgotten History Of A Prison Uprising In Vietnam
Long Binh Jail was a prison for American soldiers on the outskirts of Saigon with notoriously harsh conditions. In 1968, a group of black inmates were fed up with their treatment and the war.
'Ninety-Nine Glimpses Of Princess Margaret': A Woman Who Watched The Throne
Craig Brown's new biography of Queen Elizabeth's glamorous and scandalous younger sister documents "a life which sort of went off the rails," he says.
Revisiting 1968's Democratic National Convention In Chicago
The convention was marred by violent protests and clashes with police that helped to define the unrest that marked the year. The meeting also featured heated political battles inside the hall.