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The television and the President
A black and white image of Harry Truman speaking in front of a microphone.

The first televised presidential speech was given by Harry Truman on Oct.5, 1947. (Image: AP Photo/Herbert K. White)

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    • The television and the President

    On Oct. 5 1947, Harry Truman delivered the first televised presidential speech. Communications expert David Eisenhower looks at the history of politics and media and the significance of this moment 75 years later.  

    Kristina Linnea García

    Iran protests, explained
    Protesters and cars jam a street in Tehran, Iran.

    On Sept. 21, 2022, a crowd chanted slogans during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran. Iranians saw their access to Instagram, one of the few Western social media platforms still available in the country, disrupted on Wednesday following days of the mass protests. (Image: AP Photo)

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    • Iran protests, explained

    Historian Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, an expert on modern Iran and gender in the School of Arts & Sciences, discusses what sparked the protests and why they’re important.

    Kristen de Groot

    Emma Hart on the death of Queen Elizabeth II
    Queen Elizabeth II, smiling.

    Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-reigning monarch, on Sept. 8. (Image: Jane Barlow/AP Photos)

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    • Emma Hart on the death of Queen Elizabeth II

    The Penn historian and early modern Britain expert shares her thoughts about the British monarch who reigned for 70 years.

    Louisa Shepard

    Ukraine nuclear power plant caught in war’s crossfire
    Person seen walking in a town across the river from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine

    A pedestrian crosses the street near the Dnipro river and Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Station on the other side in Nikopol, Ukraine, Aug, 22, 2022. The Zaporizhzhya plant, Europe’s largest, has been occupied by Russian forces since early in the war, and continued fighting nearby has heightened fears of a catastrophe that could affect nearby towns in southern Ukraine or beyond. (Image: AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

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    • Ukraine nuclear power plant caught in war’s crossfire

    The School of Arts & Sciences’ Anna Mikulska, an expert on the geopolitics of energy, discusses the situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Station, Russia’s aims, and what she’s most concerned about.

    Kristen de Groot