Richard Stengel on Mandela: The Lost Tapes

Run time: 51 minutes

Richard Stengel discusses his new podcast, Mandela: The Lost Tapes, where never-before-heard audio tapes reveal what democracy meant to former South African President Nelson Mandela, how his upbringing and inspirations led him to becoming a force for justice, and what lessons Mandela’s story holds for us today. Listen now

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Remembering William Henry Harrison: The Most Obscure President?

by NCC Staff | Read time: 4 minutes

“On February 9, 1773, future U.S. President William Henry Harrison was born in Virginia. The enigmatic Harrison is best known for his premature death in office after 30 days. ...” Read more

Looking Back at the Last Presidential Election Settled by the House

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“It was on February 9, 1825, that a constitutional crisis was averted when the relatively new 12th Amendment to the Constitution settled the last presidential election decided in the House of Representatives. ...” Read more

The First Amendment Featuring David French

Columnist David French joins us for a discussion on the First Amendment freedoms of speech and the press, examining various types of speech, including symbolic speech, hate speech, and political speech. We’ll also explore how groups who have been denied rights have used the First Amendment to fight for equality. Watch now

The Preamble

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

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