The 56th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 2008. This was the first election in which I voted in the primaries, and there were a lot of exciting candidates to vote for. But first, let's see how George W....

Mickey Drexler, founder of Drexler Ventures and the former CEO of J.Crew, discusses how he navigated the clothing brand through the 2008 financial crisis alongside two founders who both started their companies during the last recession.

Learn about Hillary Clinton's early life, her days at Yale with Bill Clinton, and her role in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Explore her 2008 presidential bid, her time as secretary of state, and her 2016 presidential race against Donald...

Today we’re going to talk about why many predictions fail - specifically we’ll take a look at the 2008 financial crisis, the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and earthquake prediction in general. From inaccurate or just too little data...

Washington, D.C. 2007 A self-described conservative non-profit corporation called Citizens United wants to release a documentary. The film, called Hillary: The Movie, (hey that's a pretty catchy title) talks a bunch of trash about...

The 57th Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 2012, my 31st birthday. Oh crap, I'm getting old. Barack Obama became President as the economy really sucked. It was known the Great Recession, and the Obama...

US Elections 2012: can Obama still electrify Democratic voters? In 2008, Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate in decades to win over the majority of voters in Virginia. Four years later, Gary Younge and...

US Elections 2012: Do Mitt Romney's sums add up? The US economy has flatlined since Barack Obama was elected in 2008. Here, economists Kevin Gallagher (Boston University) and Richard B Freeman (Harvard) discuss Mitt Romney's five-point...

This is the second part of a 2 part episode. The first covered Woodrow Wilson from his early years to the 1912 election. This episode is covering his presidency. I highly recommend you go see the previous one, because I’m going to refer...

Born in Michigan on March 12, 1947, Mitt Romney is the son of former Michigan Governor George Romney. He founded the investment firm Bain Capital and later ran for the Massachusetts Senate in 1994, losing to incumbent Ted Kennedy. Romney...

In 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama's scheduled speech to the Democratic National Convention fell on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s most iconic speech. While preparing, the usually composed Obama was overcome with...

In courses such as The Teaching of Writing, Writing Non-Fiction, and Teaching English in Diverse Social/Cultural Contexts, Sealey-Ruiz, who started her career as a high school English teacher in 1993, seeks to “guide...

In courses such as The Teaching of Writing, Writing Non-Fiction, and Teaching English in Diverse Social/Cultural Contexts, Sealey-Ruiz, who started her career as a high school English teacher in 1993, seeks to “guide...