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Dec 2021
43 m

Did 2021 Look More Like 1858 Or 1968?

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Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Jon Meacham and Doris Kearns Goodwin tell Fareed Zakaria how 2021 will be written down in history. Then, Harvard Law Professors Randall Kennedy and Noah Feldman talk about America’s racial reckoning. Plus, a look at the Christian exodus from the Middle East. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.co ... Show More
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