As the election process has come under fire from the Trump administration, presidential historian Jon Meacham reflects on how voting is the most powerful non-violent […]
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Remembering The Life Of ‘Renaissance Woman’ Julia Reed | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Historian Jon Meacham remembers the life of writer Julia Reed, who passed away Friday after battling cancer. Aired on 08/31/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: MSNBC […]
Continue readingTrump Blasted For Attacks On Voting On The Day John Lewis Is Buried | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Two very different presidents expressed two very different thoughts on voting as John Lewis was laid to rest in Atlanta. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham […]
Continue readingFocus On The Next 100 Days | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Presidential Historian Jon Meacham reminds us, as we approach 100 days left to go in the 2020 election, nothing is certain. Aired on 7/24/2020. » […]
Continue reading‘Heroic Humility’: Remembering Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC
Andrea Mitchell is joined by Andrew Young, a civil rights leader and former ambassador to the United Nations, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents Washington, […]
Continue readingFmr Watergate Prosecutor: Trump Brazenly Saving Stone Worse Than Nixon | MSNBC
Presidential historian Jon Meacham and former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman join “The Beat” to analyze President Trump’s historic commutation of longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone, […]
Continue readingTrump Echoes Segregationist George Wallace On Race In America | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Ahead of the 2020 election as the nation reckons with racial injustice, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham says Donald Trump 'is very much in the […]
Continue readingJon Meacham: Democracy Is As Fragile A Thing As It Gets | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Historian Jon Meacham discusses the president's vowing to deploy the U.S. military to cities over protests and why he says Trump is verging toward the […]
Continue readingFinding ‘Hope, Through History’ During The Coronavirus Pandemic | The Last Word | MSNBC
Historian Jon Meacham reminds us that, despite our current struggles, we have benefitted from generations of sacrifice and resilience. "Memorial Day is obviously set aside […]
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