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Gwen’s Take: Of Handshakes, Selfies and Budget Deals

December 12, 2013
"I never cease to marvel how efficiently we can minimize real news – whether it be rare proof that Washington has a little bipartisanship left, or history unfolding on another continent. I’d feel a little better if we could at least try to remember the big picture."
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Gwen's Take

Gwen's Take: Meeting Nelson Mandela

December 6, 2013
"I can't say I actually met Nelson Mandela. I shook his hand once; asked him a question at a news conference. But, unlike the thousands of reporters, celebrities and politicians now weighing in with tales of personal remembrances, Mandela was a distant icon who nevertheless deeply influenced me."
Nelson Mandela
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Washington Week Remembers Mandela (Part One)

Air Date: 
June 26, 1990
Featured: 
December 5, 2013
On June 26, 1990, Washington Week devoted an entire show to Nelson and Winnie Mandela's visit to the U.S. In this first of two parts, Paul Duke moderated a package on Mandela's trips to New York, Boston, and Washington D.C. where he visited President George H.W. Bush at the White House and a speech to a joint meeting of Congress.
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Washington Week Remembers Mandela (Part Two)

Air Date: 
June 26, 1990
Featured: 
December 5, 2013
On June 26, 1990, Washington Week devoted an entire show to Nelson Mandela's visit to the U.S. since his release from Robben Island. In this second of two parts, Paul Duke moderated a package on Mandela's visits to NY, Boston, the UN, White House and Capitol Hill.
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Hillary, Congress & Ferguson: The Perils of Seeing More Clearly

March 5, 2015
Let’s have a chat about transparency, and how much we really want to know about the way things work.

Demographics as Political Destiny

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The Jeb and Hillary Chronicles

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On Loss and Opportunity

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About Gwen

Gwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week" and co-anchor and managing editor of the "PBS NewsHour."  The best-selling author of "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama," Gwen has covered seven presidential campaigns and moderated two vice presidential debates.

Gwen on PBS Newshour

How tickets, fines and fees undermined police focus on community in Ferguson
Health care of 8 million on the line as Supreme Court hears ACA case

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Judith Rodin discusses The Reslience Dividend with Gwen Ifill at Miami Book Fair