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Abortion and Birth Control before Roe v. Wade: 19th & 20th c. Family Limitation

At the Women’s Marches across the U.S. on January 21st, 2017, there were hundreds–maybe thousands–of women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who held up signs that conveyed their frustration with still needing to fight Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 4 months ago January 7, 2018
George McGovern and Christian Left
War, Conflict & Violence

George McGovern and the Elusive Christian Left

While today, press coverage treats Christianity’s alignment with political conservatism as a foregone conclusion, there is a larger milieu of liberal and progressive activism with Christian social justice. Join Averill and special guest Mark Lempke, Read more…

By Contributor, 7 months ago September 17, 2017
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We Belong Here: Manifest Destiny, Immigration, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Read the transcript. When we think of immigration we tend to think of people crossing over nation-state borders, from one country to another. These borders seem somehow solid in our collective mind, yet they normally Read more…

By Contributor, 1 year ago March 26, 2017
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Huddled Masses: Unwanted Immigrants in the Americas

For hundreds of years, governments have been drawing a line in the sand between the wanted citizenry and the unwanted potential citizenry.

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 1 year ago February 12, 2017
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Family Limitation in the Pre-Modern World

Marissa and Averill discuss the wild, weird, and sometimes dangerous methods of family limitation in the pre-modern world.

By Marissa Rhodes, 1 year ago January 29, 2017
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Cash in a Bag

Join Elizabeth and Katie as they discuss some scintillating political scandals in U.S. politics.

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 2 years ago October 9, 2016
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Gay & Irish on St. Paddy’s Day in the US

A brief history of the struggle over the St. Patrick's Day Parades in NYC & Boston. Can a person be both gay and Irish(-American)? Of course - but not everyone agreed when it came time to march.

By Averill Earls, 2 years ago March 13, 2016
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