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Historian Karen L. Cox examines the myth of the Lost Cause: a campaign created by pro-Confederates after the Civil War to promote the lie that they seceded for state's rights.

Whose choice is it? Not who you might think ... in Texas.

“If this is America first, then America is fucked.”

A surprise deal that would lower health care costs, reduce the deficit and combat climate change. Has global warming melted Joe Manchin? #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue

Congress has rarely acted. But states do change gun laws after mass murders.

Stephen Colbert and Chris Hayes discuss the Jan. 6th Committee footage of Senator Josh Hawley fleeing the insurrection scene of the violence during the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol.

Geothermal energy has the potential to power the world. A gyrotron heat ray that melts rock (this is real!) might unlock this potential and make it a better renewable energy source than solar and wind.

Massive heatwaves. People dying. More drought. Given the extreme weather, it is incomprehensible that Congress is incapable of acting.

A definitive exploration of singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.” Featuring Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Sharon Robinson, Rufus Wainwright and many others.

A unique perforated bone was found in the Divje Babe cave in Slovenia, in the middle of a palaeolithic layer of earth, near the remains of a Neanderthal fire place, stone and bone tools.