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"Be Water": Hong Kong's protests and Beijing's response
It is as if the two big weather systems that animate global politics have clashed over Hong Kong, posits James Kynge, global China editor at the Financial Times. The confrontation between aspirations for greater democra…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/be-water-hong-kongs-protests-and-beijings-responseMedicare for All: Is It the Best Pathway to Universal Coverage?
Health care is a leading issue in the 2020 presidential campaign. From a single-payer financing system— Medicare for All—to other sweeping changes, including public options, Medicare and Medicaid buy-ins, and expansion…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/medicare-for-all-is-it-best-pathway-to-universal-coverageCan Russian-American Relations Be Fixed? Lessons from History
The accusation that Russia seeks to undermine American democracy has captured a lot of attention lately. But according to Ivan Kurilla, professor of international relations at European University in St. Petersburg and a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/can-russian-american-relations-be-fixed-lessons-from-historyWhy Early Modern History Matters: Tracking the Terminology of "Difference" in Past Lives and Present Perspectives
In a world dominated by escalating environmental, social, and political crises, Heather Ferguson, associate professor of history at CMC, believes that the discipline of history serves as a mechanism that introduces a “p…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/why-early-modern-history-matters-tracking-terminology-of-difference-in-past-lives-andBorder Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration
In Border Wars, Michael D. Shear '90 and his co-author, Julie Hirschfeld Davis, both reporters for the New York Times who have covered the Trump Administration from its earliest days, document how President Trump and hi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/border-wars-inside-trumps-assault-on-immigrationThe Global Struggle for Environmental Justice
Vivek Maru, founder of Namati which strives to lead innovations in legal empowerment, will describe the efforts of people directly affected by environmental destruction—small hold farmers in Sierra Leone, fisher people…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/global-struggle-for-environmental-justiceCrashing Out: Will Britain Leave the EU on October 31?
Three years have passed since the British public voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. But so far the British parliament has been unwilling, and a succession of Conservative governments unable, to de…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/crashing-out-will-britain-leave-eu-on-october-31Gender and Genocide
Adam Jones, professor of political science at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, B.C. and author of Gendercide and Genocide, will explore the shaping role of gender in the perpetration and prevention of geno…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/gender-and-genocide-0MASS MEDIA. Then and Now. Old and New. A Generational Perspective.
The world of marketing, media, and communications has been entirely disrupted. Gone is the era when newspapers, broadcast television, and magazines set the agenda and were society’s info gatekeepers. Today, social media…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/mass-media-then-and-now-old-and-new-generational-perspectiveGender and Genocide
An expert consultant with the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention, Adam Jones will explore the shaping role of gender in the perpetration and prevention of genocide and cover topics such as gender-selective mas…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/gender-and-genocide