In part one of our 4-part documentary series, we meet Callie Shell and David Hume Kennerly, photographers with unparalleled access to Al Gore and George W. Bush, respectively, during the 2000 U.S. presidential election. With Shell and Kennerly as our guides, we join the candidates in the home stretch of the campaign, and follow them from Election Day through ... Show More
Jan 2023
Would-be Presidents, Part One: If At First You Don't Succeed...
It takes a lot of skill -- and luck -- to become the President of the United States. We always hear about the folks who won elections... but what about the folks who lost, not once, but multiple times? In part one of this continuing series, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the strange ... Show More
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Feb 2024
The Returns: An Election Mini-Series from The Last Archive
Election Year 2024 is upon us. And it promises to be a bit of a mess. But where did all this mess come from? In a 4-episode mini-series drawing from our own archive, Jill Lepore and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey investigate, situate, and contextualize our present moment in the history that ... Show More
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