A Conversation with Max Kennedy

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May 25, 2009
In honor of Memorial Day, Max Kennedy, son of Ethel and the late Robert F. Kennedy, discusseds his new book, Danger’s Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her, with Brown University historian Ted Widmer.

The Presidency of Gerald Ford

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May 3, 2009
Steven Ford, son of the President; Carla Hills, who served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Ford administration; Benton Becker, advisor to President Ford; and historian Richard Norton Smith discussed his legacy. Bruce Schulman, professor of History at Boston University, moderated. This forum is part of the Library’s series examining 20th-century presidents.

The Future of Islam

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April 27, 2009
Ali Allawi, former Minister of Defense and Minister of Finance in the Iraqi Transitional Government, discussed his new book, The Crisis of Islamic Civilization, with NPR correspondent Corey Flintoff.

The First 100 Days

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April 13, 2009
Jonathan Alter, Senior Editor and columnist for Newsweek and author of The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, and Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, offered observations regarding the early days of the Obama administration. Ted Widmer, historian and former Clinton speechwriter, moderated.

Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Nation

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March 16, 2009
Ambassador Nicholas R. Burns, former Undersecretary of State and Professor of International Politics at Harvard University, and Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations at Boston University, discuss the nation’s foreign policy challenges with Martha Raddatz, Chief Foreign Correspondent for ABC News.

Presidential Cartoonists

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February 16, 2009
Dan Wasserman of The Boston Globe; Mike Luckovich of the The Atlanta Journal Constitution; and Joel Pett of the Lexington Herald-Leader share their favorite cartoons from the 2008 presidential campaign. Robin Young, host of WBUR’s Here and Now, moderates.

Poverty and Social Justice Challenges Facing the Nation

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February 8, 2009
Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, discuss the social, economic and educational challenges facing this country. New York Times columnist, Bob Herbert, moderated.

Change Haiti Can Believe In

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January 27, 2009
Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health; actor and activist Matt Damon, who recently visited Haiti to assist victims devastated by hurricanes; Massachusetts State Representative and Haitian-American Linda Dorcena Forry; and Brian Concannon, Jr., director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, shared their stories of eradicating disease and injustice in one of the world’s poorest nations, and discussed how changes in U.S. policy can help to build a stronger, more resilient, and prosperous Haiti. Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, moderated.

A Conversation with Gwen Ifill

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January 22, 2009
Gwen Ifill, host of PBS’ Washington Week, discusses her new book, The Breakthrough: Politics in the Age of Obama, with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert.

Civil Rights in the Age of Obama

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January 19, 2009
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and civil rights leader Roger Wilkins reflects on the state of American race relations, the evolution of our electoral politics, and Barack Obama’s historic election with journalist Callie Crossley.