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Book Talk: The Conservative Environmentalist with Author Benji Backer

The Center for Politics and the People is hosting environmental activist Benji Backer to discuss his new book, “The Conservative Environmentalist.” Benji is the founder and executive chairman of the American Conservation Coalition, the largest right-of-center environmental organization in the country. In his book, Benji provides a new strategy to care for our planet through […]

The Global US and the War on Gaza: America, Israel, and the Politics of Religious Dissent

The Center for Politics and the People is bringing Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Northwestern Professor of Political Science and Professor and Chair of Religious Studies to Ripon College to discuss the intersection of religion and politics. Drawing on a chapter from Hurd’s new book, Heaven Has a Wall: Religion, Borders, and the Global United States, this […]