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Tom Nichols on the Current Threats to American Democracy

Air Dates: December 4-10, 2023 From the violence in the Middle East to the dysfunction in Congress, the world feels

Air Dates: November 27-December 3, 2023 Coming of age has long been the subject of scholarship and great storytelling. Nikhil

Air Dates: November 20-26, 2023 Not so long ago, Facebook was the unrivaled social media platform, reaching billions of users

Photo courtesy of Dr. Darrell Williams, Superintendent, Wisconsin Division for Libraries and Technology Book banning and the increased prevalence of

Air Dates: November 13-19, 2023 The elements of a scary story might be exotic, super-natural, or even mundane. Tananarive Due weaves

NEWPORT RI—Rhode Islanders are worried about the health of American democracy, but the source of their concern differs with political

Air Dates: Nov. 6-12, 2023 Globalization is often portrayed as the bogeyman in American politics. Thomas Barnett credits it with making the

October 31, 2023 NEWPORT, RI— “Story in the Public Square,” the six-time Telly Award-winning series from the Pell Center at

Air Dates: Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2023 Everyone faces challenges in life, but when those challenges are born of trauma, the