Amira Nader

Amira Nader appears in the following:

President Trump Addresses the Nation on Florida Shooting

Thursday, February 15, 2018

President Trump addresses the nation on the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and New York Times columnist David Leonhardt and Guardian reporter Lois Beckett preview the speech. 

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Country Legend Merle Haggard, Leaving Now

Wednesday, April 06, 2016

One of the founders of the Bakersfield sound was inspired to take up country music by seeing Johnny Cash perform while serving a stint in San Quentin Prison.
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The Original Music Videos Were Slightly NSFW

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

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Scopitone made music videos way before MTV or YouTube. But Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus would probably recognize some of the dance moves.
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Why Richard Nixon Declared October Country Music Month

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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In 1969, President Richard Milhous Nixon heard Merle Haggard's hit "Okie From Muskogee," and the first line—"We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee"—gives a hint to why Nixon liked it.
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Mary Poppins: Still Practically Perfect After 50 Years

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

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Disney's Mary Poppins turns 50 this week, and she still looks super(califragilisticexpialidocious). The grown-up issues at the heart of this children's classic are as timely as ever.
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