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Host, @Civics101pod Author, A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works
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Historian Jill Lepore on 'These Truths' and US Democracy

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By Hannah McCarthy Verified, Sara Plourde Verified
| Writers On A New England Stage
Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy welcomed Harvard historian and author Jill Lepore during a recent Writers on a New England Stage event to discuss her book "These Truths: A History of the United States." The book confronts a vital question: Has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on the fundamental promises of political equality, natural rights, and popular sovereignty?
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Can American elections be "nationalized"? What does that mean?

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By Hannah McCarthy Verified
| civics101podcast.org
In this country, the states run elections. Congress is empowered to step in; the president is not. So what does it mean for the president to call on a political party to "take over." Is that allowed? What would that mean? And why is this happening now? We talk with Sarah Cooper from the Carter Center to understand who is in charge and whether anyone else can take charge. Hannah McCarthy: [00:00:00] You know, Nick, once upon a time, there were election day riots and party bosses buying votes.
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Writers on a New England Stage: Jennifer Weiner

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By Hannah McCarthy Verified, Dan Cahill, Sara Plourde Verified
| Writers On A New England Stage
Over more than two decades, author Jennifer Weiner has written compulsively readable novels with rich emotional depth that center women, exploring themes such as complex familial relationships, the social landscape of modern America, and, above all, the way the world treats—and mistreats—women.
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