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Executive Producer, Now It’s History. Senior Fellow, New America. Priors: Founding editor, of @CNNOpinion and Managing Editor, Newsday & New York Newsday.

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Richard Galant is a journalist who has led two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at Newsday and New York Newsday and founded an industry-leading Opinion section for CNN. He is Executive Producer of Now It's History, a newsletter and podcast on the dividing line between the present and the past ( www.nowitshistory.com ). He is also a Senior Fellow at New America.

After working his way up from reporter to Managing Editor at Newsday, Galant joined CNN in 2008 to develop a digital opinion section, which…

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Trump gets an unwelcome surprise

Trump gets an unwelcome surprise

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The real-life story of 'The Favourite' fascinated Winston Churchill, too

The real-life story of 'The Favourite' fascinated Winston Churchill, too

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At TED, miracles and fears

At TED, miracles and fears

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How TED got famous

How TED got famous

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Rip veil off corporate criminals

Rip veil off corporate criminals

Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- Charmian Gooch, the anti-corruption crusader who co-founded Global Witne…

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How to survive on Mars

How to survive on Mars

(CNN) -- Andy Weir had given up on writing as a career at the age of 26 after agents spurned his novel about …

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Watching ‘The West Wing’ in the Trump era

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Watching ‘The West Wing’ in the Trump era

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President Josiah Bartlet unburdens himself. (NBC/Warner Bros. Television) “I was wrong.” “I was.” “I was just — I was wrong. Come on, we know that. Lots of times we don’t know what right or wrong is, but lots of times, we do, and come on, this is one.” President Josiah Bartlet is sitting in the Oval Office, telling his closest confidante Leo McGarry why he agreed to a congressional censure for hiding the truth about his health.
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The genius who nearly failed his exams

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