Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America
Season 24 Episode 69 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Senator Brown shares the stories of Desk 88.
Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2006, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown has sat on the Senate floor at a mahogany desk with a unique history. In his newest book, Desk 88, he tells the story of eight of the Senators who inhabited the desk before him, all of which — despite their flaws and frequent setbacks — made a decisive contribution to the creation of a more just America.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
The City Club Forum is a local public television program presented by Ideastream
Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America
Season 24 Episode 69 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2006, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown has sat on the Senate floor at a mahogany desk with a unique history. In his newest book, Desk 88, he tells the story of eight of the Senators who inhabited the desk before him, all of which — despite their flaws and frequent setbacks — made a decisive contribution to the creation of a more just America.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch The City Club Forum
The City Club Forum is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
- News and Public Affairs
Top journalists deliver compelling original analysis of the hour's headlines.
- News and Public Affairs
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.
Support for PBS provided by:
The City Club Forum is a local public television program presented by Ideastream