Videos

Joel Westheimer talked about the book he edited, Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America’s Schools, published by Teachers College Press. William Ayers spoke about his cont…

Alexander Polikoff talked about his book Waiting for Gautreaux: A Story of Segregation, Housing, and the Black Ghetto, published by Northwestern University Press. Mr. Polikoff tells the sto…

Professor Corey Robin talked about his book Fear: The History of a Political Idea. He spoke about the use of fear in shaping politics since the eighteenth century. Mr. Robin also stressed …

Kenneth Meeks talked about his book Driving While Black--Highways, Shopping Malls, Taxicabs, Sidewalks: What to Do If You Are a Victim of Racial Profiling, published by Broadway Books. In th…

Randall Robinson talked about his book Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America, published by Plume. The book is a series of autobiographical essays which detail the life of a warrior d…

The C-SPAN bus crew visited a bookstore in Chicago, IL.

The panelists which included Cass Sunstein and Dr. Cornel West discussed the future of the American democracy and the global consequences of racial, ethnic, and democratic politics. They too…

At this BOOK-TV event, recorded at 57th Street BOOKS, Chicago, IL., Alexander Cockburn, Co-author, “White Out: The CIA, Drugs and the Press,” discussed his book about the Central Intelligenc…

Mr. Kraus talked about the book he has co-written, An Accidental Anarchist: How the Killing of a Humble Jewish Immigrant by Chicago’s Chief of Police Exposed the Conflict between Law, Order…

Norman Cantor talked about his book, "Imagining the Law: Common Law and the Foundations of the American Legal System". The book examined the foundations of the U.S. legal system, especially …

Timothy Ferris talked about The Whole Shebang: A State-Of-The-Universe(S) Report. His book is a nontechnical account of some of the latest discoveries about the origins of the universe. He a…

Mr. Berman talked about his new book, A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968. The book examines the evolution, ideological and otherwise, of the student movem…