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A Plan To Promote Equity Across Our Region
Marianne Haver Hill, executive director of Propel LA, the countywide strategic plan for economic development housed at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, will discuss is the implementation of this…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/plan-to-promote-equity-across-our-regionReform Contradictions Facing China's New Leadership
Drawing on his book, Cracking the China Conundrum—Why Conventional Economic Wisdom Is Wrong, Yukon Huang, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, will highlight the reform challenges facing China's new leadership. Thes…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reform-contradictions-facing-chinas-new-leadershipRacial Bias and Discretion in Policing
Jack Glaser, professor of psychology at U.C. Berkeley, will describe the psychological science on intergroup bias that helps to explain racial disparities in police stops, searches, arrests, and use of force, and the pr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/racial-bias-and-discretion-in-policingWhat Nonfiction Narratives Reveal
One of the country’s most accomplished documentary filmmakers, Lynn Novick will discuss the creative process and the search for authenticity in her work, including her latest collaboration for PBS with Ken Burns, The Vi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/what-nonfiction-narratives-revealFrom Marching to Kneeling: The Evolution of Civil Rights
Jelani Cobb, staff writer at the New Yorker and professor of journalism at Columbia University, writes about race, politics, and culture. He will deliver the 2018 MLK Commemorative Lecture.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/from-marching-to-kneeling-evolution-of-civil-rightsShould the U.S. Try to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace—or Get Out of the Way?
A central U.S. foreign policy objective of the past several presidential administrations has been to broker a sustainable peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Yet, decades later, that goal seems as elusive as ever.…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/should-us-try-to-broker-israeli-palestinian-peace%E2%80%94or-get-out-of-wayWhere is U.S. Foreign Policy Headed?
During the campaign, President Trump described U.S. foreign policy as “a complete and total disaster.” (Indeed, when Bernie Sanders made similar complaints from the left, many Americans nodded their heads in agreement,…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/where-is-us-foreign-policy-headedThe Closest of Enemies: The United States and Cuba
In the history of U.S. foreign policy, no relationship has been more dysfunctional than the one with nearby Cuba. Lars Schoultz, professor emeritus of political science at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/closest-of-enemies-united-states-and-cubaCases and Controversies: Pivotal Legal Questions of Our Times
From the travel ban to the Colorado baker, from location data to the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, among many others, the Supreme Court’s 2017-18 docket is loaded with pivotal cases concerning national security, religi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/cases-and-controversies-pivotal-legal-questions-of-our-timesSpoken Word with Slam Poet Amal Kassir
Watching the news, it seems like ethnic divides are ever-deepening. But how can we solve these complicated problems when each side lives in fear of the other? The answer is evident, argues Syrian-American poet Amal Kass…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/spoken-word-with-slam-poet-amal-kassir