Documenting America’s History with Slavery with Clint Smith
Slavery has been called America’s original sin, yet its depiction in American history and schools remains surprisingly controversial. Clint Smith
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Author: Erin Barry
Acclaimed Author Azar Nafisi to Receive Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT! March 6, 2023 NEWPORT, R.I.—Acclaimed author Azar Nafisi has been named the ninth
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Salve Regina University’s Pell Center Launches Nationhood Lab
NEWPORT, RI—Nationhood Lab, a new initiative focused on counteracting the authoritarian threat to American democracy and the centrifugal forces threatening the
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Gary Hart on Preserving the American Republic
Air Dates: February 13-19, 2023 Authoritarian impulses are rising in the United States and around the world. Gary Hart argues
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Pell Center Launches Ocean State Stories, A New Rhode Island-Focused Media Outlet
NEWPORT, RI— Ocean State Stories, a new journalism initiative from the Pell Center at Salve Regina University, launched Wednesday, Feb.
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The Vatican and the Second World War with David Kertzer
Air Dates: January 30-February 5, 2023 When Pope Pious XII died, the Catholic Church sealed his documents until 2020. David
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Woodard Speaks at French Embassy In Washington
WASHINGTON – The director of Pell Center’s new Nationhood Lab project addressed the annual meeting of France’s consul generals and
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Langford Publishes Report on U.S. Polarization
NEWPORT, RI—Polarization, as it refers to the state of U.S. politics, has become a common part of our lexicon. We
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Holden Thorp on The Role of Science in Our Changing World
Air Dates: January 23-29, 2023 Science is under assault—on social media, on our airwaves, and sometimes even around our dinner
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