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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, United states President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Meacham Begin, celebrate after signing the Camp David Peace Accords in 1978.

Jimmy Carter’s Biographer on the Late President’s Biggest Regret Jimmy Carter’s Biographer on the Late President’s Biggest Regret

Carter summoned Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat to Camp David to make peace, not apartheid, in the Middle East. But the Israeli president broke his promise to freeze settlements.

Jan 9, 2025 / Kai Bird

Linda McMahon introduces Donald Trump at the America First Policy Institute's agenda summit in 2022

The MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda The MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda

The WWE executive has no real background in education, but she proved a loyal administrator of Trumpworld’s pet think tank, the America First Policy Institute

Jan 9, 2025 / Christopher Lewis and Jacob Plaza

What Netflix Has Done to Movies

What Netflix Has Done to Movies What Netflix Has Done to Movies

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Will Tavlin on Hollywood, data and deception.

Jan 9, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

President-elect Donald Trump at a podium.

The Trump Sanewashing Begins Anew The Trump Sanewashing Begins Anew

New year, same media strategy: Downplay Trump’s most dangerous, extreme ideas as “trolling” or even “branding.”

Jan 8, 2025 / Joan Walsh

The Seeds of Fascism Sown Around the World

The Seeds of Fascism Sown Around the World The Seeds of Fascism Sown Around the World

From Germany, to Argentina to the US, authoritarianism grows.

Jan 8, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Members of the Syrian community hold flags of Syria and Germany as they rally on December 8, 2024, in Berlin.

The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad

Some refugees may return to Syria because they want to live there again. But many won’t—for the same reasons many refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe didn’t after World War II.

Jan 8, 2025 / Linda Mannheim

People in the audience hold up signs in support of immigrants as the Los Angeles City Council considers a

Defending the Undocumented—Plus, Uncovering Hidden Wealth Defending the Undocumented—Plus, Uncovering Hidden Wealth

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Ahilan Arulanantham explains strategies for resisting Trump’s deportation efforts, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian talks about The Hidden Globe...

Jan 8, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Y2K: The Future That Never Was

Y2K: The Future That Never Was Y2K: The Future That Never Was

On this episode of American Prestige, Colette Shade on the advent of the Internet and how it shaped a generation.

Jan 7, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Carter ’76

Carter ’76 Carter ’76

Full page and centerpiece.

Jan 7, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

A view of the US Capitol through security fencing.

When Will We Make January 6 a Day of Commemoration? When Will We Make January 6 a Day of Commemoration?

We are not taking what happened in 2021 seriously enough.

Jan 6, 2025 / Joan Walsh

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