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Oct 11, 2022

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In September 2022, Hannah sat down with NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent for a show called Writers on a New England Stage. This is an excerpt from their conversation. Nina discusses her new book, Dinners with Ruth, focusing on her career as a journalist and her relationship with late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You can catch the whole conversation at nhpr.org.

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Oct 11, 2022

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What's the difference between the House and the Senate? How do congressional investigations work? What is Federalist X actually about? Civics 101 is the podcast refresher course on the basics of how our democracy works.

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Police: What's the role of Police in our government? by Civics 101
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Infrastructure – Water!: What is the story of public water in the United States? by Civics 101
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Episode 118: Presidential Transitions: What happens when one president leaves office and another one enters? by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: 5 Things to Know about the Midterms: A primer on the most important exercise in democracy that you never cared about. by Civics 101
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The Death Penalty: The history, and possible future, of government-sanctioned killings by Civics 101
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The White House Press Secretary: The tricky middle ground between press and president. by Civics 101
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IRL2: The Flag and the Pledge: The history of the American flag and the Pledge of Allegiance. Also, four Supreme Court cases about the flag and free speech. by Civics 101
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Founding Documents: Declaration of Independence: The shortest document with the biggest possible job. by Civics 101
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The National Guard: What does the National Guard do? Who "calls it in?" by Civics 101
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The Equal Rights Amendment: Almost 100 years after it was first proposed, the Equal Rights Amendment has not been ratified. by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: Why Vote?: Because Election Day is just the beginning. by Civics 101
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The Affordable Care Act: Obama's signature healthcare law tried to overhaul American health care. Did it work? by Civics 101
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ICE: What role does ICE play in immigration policy? by Civics 101
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IRL 1 - Free Speech in Schools: From Tinker to Frederick : Four Supreme Court cases on free speech in public schools. by Civics 101
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Founding Documents: The Constitution: A summer of grimy compromise. by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: House v Senate: What's the difference? by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: Propositions: A stark look at the pros and cons of direct democracy. by Civics 101
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NASA: Space! The final frontier... for civics? by Civics 101
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Founding Documents: Articles of Confederation: So you've declared independence. Now what? by Civics 101
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The Draft: Selective service, conscientious objection, and our American history of military conscription. by Civics 101
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Starter Kit: Judicial Branch: They used to meet in a basement. by Civics 101
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Contest Winner: Unconventional: A radio drama about the constitutional convention, by Adia Samba-Quee by Civics 101
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Impeachment: The history, the process, and some fancy robes. by Civics 101
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Midterm Edition: State and Local Elections: The down-ballot offices that hold the reigns of your day-to-day life. by Civics 101
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Founding Documents: Bill of Rights: A "nauseous project" becomes a bulwark of liberty. by Civics 101
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Starter Kit: Federalism: One big government and the fifty little governments that comprise it. by Civics 101
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National Institutes of Health (NIH): From fighting cancer to exploring the human genome, here's how your taxpayer dollars fund medical science. by Civics 101
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Founding Documents: Magna Carta: The obscure English parchment that has nothing -- and everything -- to do with our idea of freedom. by Civics 101
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Freedom of Information Act: If you want to get your hands on government documents, there's a law for that. by Civics 101
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Tariffs: The history of and rationale for (or for not) taxing goods that enter our country. by Civics 101
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Defamation, Libel, and Dominion, Oh My!: Today we explain all the legalities surrounding the Dominion v Fox News lawsuit. We break down defamation, slander, libel, discovery, actual malice, and what this settlement means. by Civics 101
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How Do Indictments and Grand Juries Work?: Today we go through the definitions and processes involved in the recent indictment of Donald Trump. We explain grand juries, indictment, arraignment, extradition, the role of the DA, and the constitutionality of charging a former president with a crime. by Civics 101
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The 2008 Financial Crisis Explained: Millions lost their homes, giant institutions collapsed and a global recession began. This is the story of what the American government did about it. by Civics 101
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