Throughline is a time machine. Each episode, we travel beyond the headlines to answer the question,
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Is history always political? Who gets to decide? What happens when you challenge common narratives?
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The Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade transformed the landscape of abortion rights overnight.
In August of 1895, a ship called the SS Coptic approached the coast of Northern California. On that
The recent shooting in Buffalo, New York, which authorities are investigating as a hate crime, has y
Today, China is a global superpower. But less than two hundred years ago, the nation was in a state
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MLK Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin are household names, but what about their mothers? This hour, a
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