Robert F. Kennedy

The John F. Kennedy presidential archive goes digital today. It’s a huge archive of everything that passed across the president’s desk, including: the White House photo collection, all the Kennedy audio and video, and Kennedy family home movies. The holdings will no longer be filtered through journalists or historians, instead allowing the public first-hand access […]

The Takeaway talks with 76-year-old Arnold Howe, who was one year behind Kennedy at Harvard and graduated with the Class of 1955. Kennedy helped him get his first job when businesses weren’t hiring blacks.

Will Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat be filled by another Kennedy? Both Joe, Robert Kennedy’s son, and Vicki, Ted’s wife, have been mentioned as possible successors. For more, The Takeaway talks to Boston journalist Christopher Lydon.

Although conservatives frequently opposed Ted Kennedy’s initiatives, their respect for the late senator is clear. One such Republican, former Massachusetts Governor William Weld, joins The Takeaway to share his thoughts.

The Takeaway speaks with Kevin Cullen, columnist for the Boston Globe, about Senator Kennedy’s place in Northern Ireland’s politics and about what might have happened if Senator Kennedy had won the presidency in 1980.