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Planet in Peril: Humanity’s Four Greatest Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them

Professor Michael Bess, Chancellor’s Professor of History and Professor of Communication of Science and Technology at Vanderbilt University, will discuss his new book, Planet in […]

U.S. Indigenous Right to Vote: Challenges Today Reflect Those of the Past

Dr. Renee Gralewicz, an Elder and Peacemaker for the Brothertown Nation and descendant of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, joined by Maria Haskins, a Regional […]

Local Politics: Challenges and Opportunities

Join us for a panel discussion on issues related to economic development, housing, and budgetary difficulties to learn how current approaches are working. The discussion […]

Immigration and Citizenship After COVID-19

The Student Advisory Board of the Center for Politics and the People will be hosting Enrique Morones, the founder and former executive director of Border […]

Discussion of “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America”

The Center for Politics and the People (CPP) will host a ZOOM webinar with Dr. Jennifer E. Cobbina, Associate Professor in the School of Criminal […]

Discussion of “Civic Virus: Why Polarization is a Misdiagnosis”

The Center for Politics and the People (CPP) and the Department of Psychology is hosting a ZOOM conversation on March 29th from 4:30 to 5:45 […]

Price Wars: How Financial Markets Can Stabilize Countries

‘Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World’ by Rupert Russell explores how commodity traders in New York and London have destabilized societies […]

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

This webinar discusses Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, its historical context, current situation, reactions and sanctions, security implications, and what might happen next. Participants: Lowell […]

Free Film Screening – Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

The Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) along with the Center for Politics and the People (CPP) invite you (all students, faculty, staff, and community […]

Judy Heumann: Our Fight for Disability Rights

Judith Heumann will be joining us for a Zoom Webinar to discuss the disability rights movement and her book “Being Heumann.” Judith (Judy) Heumann is […]

Redistricting and Voting

With the release of new census data in early August, state legislatures will now undertake redrawing election districts for the next ten years. Where one […]

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What the Demise of Local News Means for Democracy

A discussion with the authors of News Hole: The Demise of Local Journalism and Political Engagement. Quote from Amazon “…this study shows that the demise […]