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January 17, 2013 | Book Club
Selected excerpts from his third autobiography about Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's second inauguration
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December 21, 2012 | Moyers & Company

Tony Kushner, who wrote the screenplay for Lincoln, talks about America’s 16th president and “the history lesson of politics.” Continue reading

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December 21, 2012

Lincoln Screenwriter Tony Kushner talks about what we can learn from the life and decisions of America’s 16th president. Continue reading

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December 21, 2012 | Moyers Moments

In this 2009 Moyers Moment, actor Sam Waterston, Bill Moyers and Lincoln expert Harold Holzer discuss Waterston’s preparations to play the role of Lincoln. Continue reading

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December 21, 2012

In this web-only video, screenwriter Tony Kushner and Bill Moyers discuss what draws us to examine Abraham Lincoln again and again. Continue reading

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December 21, 2012

Inspired by Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, learn about and experience ten instances of powerful presidential rhetoric on a wide range of topics. Continue reading

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December 18, 2012 | Cartoons

Submit your clever ideas in the latest caption-the-cartoon contest and you may end up in our winners’ gallery! Continue reading

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December 18, 2012

Lincoln screenwriter Tony Kushner joins Bill to talk about the man inside the monument, and what he can still teach us about democracy. Continue reading

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December 18, 2012 | On Democracy

Washington influence peddling isn’t new, but that doesn’t mean the peddlers shouldn’t be called out. Continue reading

President Barack Obama holds up a book that he was give by author and keynote speaker Eric Metaxas, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
December 17, 2012 | Book Club

What one book would you tell the president to read going into his second term? Continue reading

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