EP219: The Angel of St. Marye's Heights and "You Must Get To Know Your Community Before You Can Serve It"

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The Story of America: The Frenchman Who Wrote About America Better Than Any American [Ep. 23]

On this episode of Our American Stories, In 1831, a young French aristocrat named Alexis de Tocqueville traveled to the United States, ostensibly to study America's prison system. What he was really seeking was something much bigger: an understanding of democracy itself. The resu ...  Show more

How Two Civil Rights Lawyers Ended Red-Light Camera Tickets

On this episode of Our American Stories, when red-light cameras began appearing across Missouri, many drivers saw them as little more than an annoyance. Civil rights attorneys Hugh Eastwood and Bevis Schock saw something else: a system that issued tickets to vehicle owners regard ...  Show more

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