Six days before the pivotal midterm elections of 2022, The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman examines one of the most complicated and controversial figures in our nation’s history in a discussion of her new blockbuster book Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.

In a discussion drawing from her book White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality, Georgetown University law professor Sheryll Cashin examines what she calls America’s system of modern-day residential caste – geographic lines cemented by discriminatory practices “that divide America into racialized spaces of high and low opportunity.”

Seventy-five years after the real-life trial it depicts, Mark Hull of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College assesses the historical accuracy of the acclaimed 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg. The presentation, part of the Hollywood vs. History series, comes amid Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and questions about wartime atrocities and their prosecution.

Chris Raschka has illustrated more than 40 books, winning Caldecott Medals for The Hello, Goodbye Window in 2005 and A Ball for Daisy in 2012. He discusses his work and other Caldecott-honored titles with Crystal Faris, the Library's deputy director for youth and family engagement, in a special event co-presented by The Rabbit hOle, the new Kansas City museum experience dedicated to children’s books.