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The White House/Wikimedia CommonsOn today's Past & Present, commentator Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. compares Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” with previous U.S. government spending bills in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. -
Susan Holt SimpsonHaving recently celebrated the Fourth of July holiday, Jay Price invites us to think about exactly what event we’re marking.
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On today's Past and Present, Dr. Robin Henry talks about the first immigration exclusion policy. -
Today on Past and Present, Jay Price reflects on how research and scholarship can be easy to find, until it's gone. -
On today's Past and Present, Dr. Robin Henry looks at Women's History Month. -
On Past and Present, Jay Price explores how popular culture has imagined the future—and what lessons those movies and television shows might be teaching us. -
In this episode of Past and Present, Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. suggests that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 demonstrates that Donald Trump’s contemporary call for a variety of tariffs will end disastrously for the United States. -
The beating and blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard was a turning point in the fight for civil rights. Dr. Robin Henry tells us more on Past and Present. -
The looming mass deportation of undocumented Hispanics is not the first time in American history when perceived undesirables were relocated. Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. tells us more on Past and Present. -
Dr. Robin Henry looks at the similarities between "now" and The Guilded Age on this edition of Past and Present. -
As we look to the new year, we are prone to look to history for lessons on how to go forward. On Past and Present, Dr. Jay Price warns us that is not so easy. -
In this episode of Past and Present, Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. links the important 1955 Bandung Conference with the activities of the "BRICS" nations today.
