Best of the C-SPAN Video Library Archive

Watch this debate on gay marriage with David Blankenhorn, author of The Future of Marriage, and Evan Wolfson, author of Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry.

The Supreme Court: Home to America's Highest Court takes an unprecedented look into the Supreme Court, its role, traditions and history of the Court featuring interviews with all the sitting and retired Justices.

President Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, delivers his inaugural address on January 20, 2021.

Listen to one of the liveliest debate we've ever heard between Noam Chomsky and Alan M. Dershowitz over ways to find peace in the Israeli Palestinian conflict that has been going on for almost a century now.

In his 1977 inaugural address, Jimmy Carter urged Americans to have "fresh faith in the old dream"...

In his 1989 inaugural address, George H.W. Bush reiterated his "a thousand points of light" theme and spoke of "harnessing the unused talent of the elderly and the unfocused energy of the young".

David Brooks talked about his yearly “Sidney” awards, which recognize his favorite magazine articles and essays over the course of the year.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision on January 22, 1973, in Roe vs. Wade made laws outlawing a woman's right to abortion unconstitutional.

Pres. George W. Bush delivers his State of the Union address on Jan. 23, 2007.

President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. In the address focused primarily on the struggling economy and creating jobs.