From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

Jorge Castaneda, Manana Forever?

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

Jorge Castaneda, Manana Forever?

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

On July 16, 1945 the United States conducted the first test of an atomic bomb, code named Trinity, in New Mexico. The film Atomic Weapons Tests: Trinity through Buster-Jangle documents the tests of atomic weapons between 1945 and 1951. This film was produced in 1952 by the United States Air Forc...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

Authors talked about their political books. Steve Clemons moderated. "Obama: Two Years In" was a panel of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held April 30, 2011, in the Campus Center Ballroom on the campus of the University of Southern California.

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

After discovering Civil War era bullets near their Virgnia home, businessmanTom Liljenquist and his sons, Jason, Brandon, and Christian developed an interest in the conflict. They began collecting Civil War ambrotype and tintype photographs of ordinary soldiers in the mid-1990’s. In 2010, the fa...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

After discovering Civil War era bullets near their Virgnia home, businessmanTom Liljenquist and his sons, Jason, Brandon, and Christian developed an interest in the conflict. They began collecting Civil War ambrotype and tintype photographs of ordinary soldiers in the mid-1990’s. In 2010, the fa...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

In his novel Ralph Nader imagines placing seventeen billionaires in one room to solve the country’s problems, from the redevelopment of New Orleans to a reassessment of corporate citizenry and a plan to address environmental issues. Ralph Nader discussed his political novel with two of the billi...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

Richard White, American history professor at Stanford University, presents a history of the transcontinental railroads. The author recounts thecreation of the railroads, whichchanged the way American’s lived and opened the country to westward expansion. Mr. White also explores the sizeable impac...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

The evening before the 150th anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumter, historians spoke on the issue of leadership and the troubling issues of 1861. Edward Ayres talked about "The Logic of Secession." Emory Thomas talked about "The Dogs of War." Professor Dallek moderated. "A Troubled ...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

Governors Jan Brewer (R-AZ) and Martin O’Malley (D-MD), co-chairs of the National Governors Association Special Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety, spoke at the National Governors Association discussion in remembrance of the terrorist attacks of September, 11, 2011, as well as U.S....

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

Professor Liette Gidlow is a specialist in 20th century American political history, women’s history, and culture. In this class she lectured on the political era of the early 1990s, the roots of the Clinton era, the first Gulf War, and the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings.

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

Deborah Baker talked about her book The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism, in conversation with Karen Long. The book is about the life of Margaret Marcus, a secular Jewish woman from New York, who, in 1962, moved to Pakistan and converted to Islam. This was an event in the Unive...

From: Hulu on Sat, Jul 16 2011 7:37 PM

In his weekly address, President Obama emphasizes the importance of compromising in order for America to overcome its current fiscal challenges.

From: POLITICO on Sat, Jul 16 2011 6:01 PM

Boehner: 'the room’s too big'

From: POLITICO on Sat, Jul 16 2011 6:01 PM

Week in Video: 7/16/11

From: POLITICO on Sat, Jul 16 2011 6:01 PM

Week in Playback: 7/16/11

From: itele on Sat, Jul 16 2011 3:57 PM

A l’occasion du grand concert pour l'égalité organisé sur le Champ-de-Mars par SOS Racisme, le premier Secrétaire du PS par intérim, Harlem Désir, a donné le coup d'envoi de la caravane des primaires qui doit populariser ce scrutin.

From: itele on Sat, Jul 16 2011 3:57 PM

Eva Joly, candidate écologiste à l'élection présidentielle de 2012, a fait l’unanimité contre elle, droite et gauche confondue, proposant la suppression du traditionnel défilé militaire du 14 juillet. La classe politique a vivement réagit.