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From the Vault: Anita Hill's sexual harassment allegations

Air Date: 
September 19, 2018
Featured: 
September 19, 2018
Sexual harassment allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh draws parallels to Justice Clarence Thomas hearings.
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From the Vault: President Trump's first NATO Summit

Air Date: 
July 10, 2018
Featured: 
July 10, 2018
As President Donald Trump arrives in Brussels to meet with allies at the annual NATO summit, we take a look into our vault to the president’s first NATO summit in 2017.
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From the Vault: Mitt Romney's Utah Senate bid

Air Date: 
February 16, 2018
Featured: 
June 26, 2018
Utah voters will pick their candidates to run for an open Senate seat in Tuesday's primary elections.
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From the Vault: Revisiting the Virginia gubernatorial race

Air Date: 
November 7, 2017
Featured: 
November 7, 2017
Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam are battling in one of the tightest races of 2017.
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From the Vault: Revisiting U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's controversial 2014 release

Air Date: 
October 16, 2017
Featured: 
October 16, 2017
Three years after his release from Taliban captivity, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty Monday to desertion and misbehavior.
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Edith Windsor, who fought to overturn DOMA, dies at 88

Air Date: 
June 28, 2013
Featured: 
September 12, 2017
“I lived with and loved Thea Spyer for more than four decades in love and joy.”
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From the Vault: President Barack Obama signs DACA

Air Date: 
September 6, 2017
Featured: 
September 6, 2017
As lawmakers debate the future of these immigrants, we take a look back to our June 15, 2012 show, when President Obama first signed DACA.
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Race Card Project: Pain and Anguish

Air Date: 
June 26, 2015
Featured: 
August 15, 2017
After a gunman killed nine people in a Charleston, South Carolina church in 2015, Michele Norris of The Race Card Project shared the “pain and anguish” being felt across the country. “Tired of saying that we matter” and “Don’t ask me to just forget” were just two of the six-word essays shared on both sides of the issue.
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Race Card Project: “Must we forget our Confederate ancestors?”

Air Date: 
June 26, 2015
Featured: 
August 15, 2017
The 2015 Charleston church shooting that left nine African Americans dead sparked a national debate about Civil War artifacts including the Confederate flag. Michele Norris of The Race Card Project shares several six-word essays about why some people hold on tightly to their ancestry. “Must we forget our Confederate ancestors?” Jesse from Charlottesville, Virginia wrote.