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History lessons: When America's politics turn ugly, violent

Historian Jon Grinspan, a curator at the Smithsonian Institution, has studied how intense partisanship in the 19th century was driven by people feeling isolated, their lives unstable, feeding an aggressive, even violent political discourse. Sound familiar?

Musician-social activist John Legend on the continuing struggle for justice

The award-winning singer-songwriter, an advocate for prison reform in America, talks about our penal system, racial inequality, and fighting for a stronger democracy.

Wyoming's new land rush

With COVID accelerating the arrival of the ultra-wealthy, Teton County in Wyoming is now home to the widest income divide in America, with a median house price of more than $3.5 million, squeezing out the middle class.

How online behavior turns people from Jekylls into Hydes

Online anonymity has made it easy to be nasty without fear of repercussions – a lack of restraint that psychologists call online disinhibition effect, causing behavior and name-calling (with CAPS LOCK on) that would never be acceptable face-to-face.

Trade secrets

Not everyone is interested in a white collar job or college degree (or in racking up thousands in student loan debt). Plumbers and apprentices talk about their chosen profession, and how their work is stigmatized by others.

Talk radio: Widening the airwaves' great divide

The repeal of the FCC's Fairness Doctrine in 1987 opened the floodgates for extreme partisanship on the airwaves, making commercial talk radio a landscape ripe for controversial opinions aimed at attracting listeners.

Seeking common ground: Younger, older generations speak

"Sunday Morning" contributor Kelefa Sanneh visits Bethlehem, Pa., and sits down with four people over the age of 60, and four under 40, to find out what differences and similarities they see across generations.

David Sedaris on coming out, all over again

The humorist has some thoughts about the term "queer" and how people today (or perhaps just humanities professors) identify themselves.

Jim Gaffigan on the incessant texts from politicians asking for money

The comedian says he's being obsessively stalked by the Democratic and Republican Parties, who have one thing in mind.

Extended Nature Video: San Juan National Forest

"Sunday Morning" takes us to San Juan National Forest in Colorado. Videographer: Scot Miller.

Book excerpt: "The Age of Acrimony," or how American politics devolved

Historian and Smithsonian curator Jon Grinspan writes about how today's hyper-partisan and violent political discourse is not so different from how American democracy was practiced in the wake of the Civil War.

Watch the full October 16 episode!

Hosted by Ted Koppel.

From the Archive: Angela Lansbury, "liberated" by Broadway

Hollywood and Broadway star Angela Lansbury, who earned Five Tony Awards and three Oscar nominations, and who scored 12 Emmy nominations for her role as mystery author-sleuth Jessica Fletcher on the TV series "Murder, She Wrote," died on October 11, 2022 at the age of 96. In this interview that aired on "Sunday Morning" December 6, 2009, Lansbury talked with CBS News' Katie Couric about her unparalleled career on stage and screen.

Gallery: Angela Lansbury 1925-2022

A look back at the career of the five-time Tony Award-winner and three-time Oscar-nominee, who won her largest audience on the long-running mystery series "Murder, She Wrote."

"Here Comes the Sun": Billy Eichner and the boll weevil

Comedian and actor Billy Eichner sits down with Jonathan Vigliotti to discuss his new film, “Bros.” Then Conor Knighton travels to Enterprise, Alabama, to learn about the boll weevil.