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In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. In riveting prose, These Truths tells the story of America, beginning in 1492, to ask whether the course of events has proven the nation's founding truths or belied them.

During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the US Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America's triumphs - and a confrontation with its failures.

Interviews with social justice leaders.

This podcast is for anyone who knows, loves, supports, or is in contact with someone incarcerated within the prison/jail system. It is recorded from behind the Wired Gates, Locked Doors, Iron Bars, and Concrete Walls of a High-Level Security Prison in Virginia's Department of Correction by a currently incarcerated convict; TRUTH. He shares his thoughts, experiences, and factual information from inside, that you're NOT going to hear anywhere else. If you really want to know what REAL life is like Behind Bars; this podcast is for you. Listen close as you hear the grim Truth Beyond These Walls ...