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Feb 2022
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Republicans Defend Insurrection As “Legi...

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With the RNC claiming the events of January 6 constitute “legitimate political discourse,” Christiane asks GOP Senator Todd Young of Indiana how the democracy disconnect at home impacts America abroad … With book-banning in the US on the rise, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnamese American author explains how reading so-called “dangerous” books helped change his life … During this particularly divisive Black History Month, writer Imani Perry heads south to better understand her peoples’ past.

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