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Jamelle Bouie is a New York Times columnist who writes about politics through the lens of American political history. Thursday night, Bouie gave a lecture at UC Riverside as part of a nearly 60 year tradition of bringing the country's best known journalists to Riverside. He told the audience the United States is asking fundamental questions like what it means to be an American. And that the Reconstruction era, the period after the American Civil War, can help Americans better understand the changes the US is undergoing today. After his lecture and a Q-and-A, KVCR reporter Madison Aument slipped backstage to ask Bouie a few more questions.

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Former Press-Enterprise Columnist and longtime KVCR news contributor, Cassie MacDuff joins KVCR to review a few of the Inland Empire's major news stories of the past week. The conversation can be heard on KVCR's "Morning Edition" most Friday mornings at 6:45 and 8:45. Our segments with Cassie are also archived here for listening on demand.

Hundreds of people became U.S. citizens at a large ceremony in Orange County last month. Despite some concerns about democracy, some new citizens still think it's a good place to live.

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Federal officials said they tried to save the man, who was found unconscious in his bunk, and later transported him to a hospital. But detainees in contact with immigrant rights advocates claim the man was denied medical treatment and died on site.

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Former Press-Enterprise Columnist and longtime KVCR news contributor, Cassie MacDuff joins KVCR to review a few of the Inland Empire's major news stories of the past week. The conversation can be heard on KVCR's "Morning Edition" most Friday mornings at 6:45 and 8:45. Our segments with Cassie are also archived here for listening on demand.