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Week of Events
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Ali Watkins — The Next One Is for You: A True Story of Guns, Country, and the IRA’s Secret American Army – with Sopan Deb
Ali Watkins — The Next One Is for You: A True Story of Guns, Country, and the IRA’s Secret American Army – with Sopan Deb
Northern Ireland, 1975. Violence has erupted on the streets of Belfast. After years as a sleepy, guerilla army, the IRA is clashing with Loyalist gangs and heavily armed British soldiers. But the Troubles have spilled beyond the small island: An ocean away, in the heart of Philadelphia's Irish enclave, a teenage girl finds a letter […]
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David Enrich — Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful – with Carol Leonnig
David Enrich — Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful – with Carol Leonnig
It was a quiet way to announce a revolution: In an obscure 2019 case that the Supreme Court refused to even hear, Justice Clarence Thomas raised the prospect of overturning the legendary New York Times v. Sullivan decision. Though hardly a household name, Sullivan is one of the most consequential free speech decisions, ever. Fundamental to the creation of the […]