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History with David Rubenstein

Jia Lynn Yang

David Rubenstein’s skillful questioning of acclaimed writers like Robert A. Caro, Ron Chernow, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and many others effectively takes us behind the scenes, enabling a rare insight into the American story and a real sense of how history gets made.

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Jia Lynn Yang

History with David Rubenstein Episode 203 | 26m 40s | CC

Jia Lynn Yang, a deputy national editor at The New York Times, discusses how lawmakers, activists, and presidents worked to undo the damage of the 1920s and establish a new fairer equality in the American immigration system. Framing the narrative with her family’s own immigration story, she uncovers just how much American immigration transformed during the twentieth century.

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