For decades, The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore White was considered the definitive book on presidential elections, offering a detailed account of the Kennedy-Nixon race. While White’s work remains a classic, Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark … Continue reading
At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, a then-unknown Illinois state legislator delivered one of the greatest convention speeches in American political history. Overnight, Barack Obama went from being a “skinny guy with a funny name” to being talked about as a … Continue reading
At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, a then-unknown Illinois state legislator delivered one of the greatest convention speeches in American political history. Overnight, Barack Obama went from being a “skinny guy with a funny name” to being talked about as a … Continue reading
The 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission opened the floodgates for billionaires to give unlimited sums of money to political campaigns. In this controversial final class on the richest Americans, Barry looks at the lives of the men … Continue reading
The tremendously controversial 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission opened the floodgates for billionaires to give almost unlimited sums of money to political campaigns. In this controversial and thought-provoking multimedia presentation, we will look at the lives of … Continue reading