Andrew McGill

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: In 1995, Senator James Exon brought a blue binder to the floor of the Senate. It was full of, well… ARCHIVAL (C-SPAN, 6-14-95):JAMES EXON (D-NE): The most hardcore, perverse types of pornography. NARRATION: The images came from the Internet. Exon wanted his fellow senators […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (CNN, 9-16-15):JAKE TAPPER: The number of teens, and even tweens who say they have tried e-cigarette has tripled. ARCHIVAL (KRON, 6-12-20):NEWS REPORT: 5.4 million in 2019. KEN WARNER: You have essentially two different phenomenon occurring at the same time. On the one hand, you […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: Protests demanding stronger protection from evictions during the coronavirus are happening nationwide. PROTESTORS: Housing is a right! Fight! Fight! Fight! NARRATION: In New York City’s Bronx borough, more than 80 percent of homes are rented and many renters will be vulnerable when state and […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: You hear a lot these days about fact- checking. ARCHIVAL (KTVU, 5-28-20):DAVE CLARKE: Fact-checking. ARCHIVAL (CNN, 10-15-20):CHRIS CUOMO: Fact-checking – you gotta do it. ARCHIVAL (CBS NEWS, 9-29-20):NORA O’DONNELL: Fact-checking. ARCHIVAL (CNN, 10-08-20):JAKE TAPPER: Is that true?DANIEL DALE: Jake, it is indeed false. NARRATION: […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL( PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, C-SPAN, 10-6-20):PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I’m urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully. That’s what has to happen. I am urging them to do it. ARCHIVAL (NBC, 10-19-20):NEWS REPORT: President Trump has been calling for an army of […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: The Trump administration has put off a looming housing crisis. ARCHIVAL (PBS, NEWSHOUR, 9-2-20):NEWS REPORT: In a surprise move the Trump administration bans evictions until the end of the year. NARRATION: Renters who are behind now have till the end of the year to […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (1960 NEWSREEL):NEWS REPORT: Television brings the candidates into millions of homes. NARRATION: The moments we remember from televised debates are woven into our political folklore. From the knock-out lines… ARCHIVAL (RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, 1980 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, 10-28-80):RONALD REAGAN: There you go again… ARCHIVAL […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. FRANK KUSCH (AUTHOR, “BATTLEGROUND CHICAGO: THE POLICE AND THE 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION”): It was a building of tension. By the time the party convened that summer, it was really set up to be the perfect storm. Everybody expected the worst, and they got what […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. KATHLEEN DALTON (AUTHOR, “THEODORE ROOSEVELT: A STRENUOUS LIFE”): Primaries were new. Nobody knew how seriously they would be taken. It’s one thing to win a lot of primaries, it’s another thing to go and get the nomination. CONVENTIONAL WISDOMTHE MODERN PRIMARY: 1912 NELL IRVIN PAINTER […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: Many states that relaxed quarantine measures are now seeing rising cases of coronavirus. And there’s still the fundamental question about working in the midst of a pandemic: How do we stop people from getting sick on the job? KESHIA M. POLLACK PORTER (DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE […]