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The November Election, Public Opinion Polling, and California’s Future
Public Policy Institute of California president and survey director Mark Baldassare will review the partisan races and state propositions on the November ballot, present the results from recent statewide surveys, and di…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/november-election-public-opinion-polling-and-californias-futureWar in the Minds of Putin and the Proud Boys
In endorsing Putin’s war in Ukraine, the Russian Orthodox Patriarch he is not just blessing the troops, he is also supporting a significant aspect of Putin’s imagination: that there is an existential battle for the surv…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/war-minds-putin-and-proud-boysAsian American Environments and Justice: Conversation with the Authors of Nature Unfurled
Nature Unfurled asks how Asian Americans have engaged with non-human nature over time. The panelists—Connie Chiang, Ashanti Shih, Tamara Venit-Shelton, and Sarah Wald—will discuss research on Asian Americans in the inte…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/asian-american-environments-and-justice-conversation-authors-nature-unfurledDo No Harm: Witnessing War Crimes in Ukraine, Collecting the Evidence
Based on her experience as an investigative journalist in Ukraine, Anna Romandash explores the role of information framing for understanding the Russian attack on Ukraine and other violent conflicts. With over 25,000 cr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/do-no-harm-witnessing-war-crimes-ukraine-collecting-evidenceRace and Election Law
In recent years, state legislatures in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and elsewhere have changed election law to strengthen voter identification requirements, limit mail elections and ballot collection, or tighten absentee ba…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-and-election-lawDemocracy in Jeopardy? Roundtable on the 2022 Brazilian Presidential Elections
Incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro’s support is waning in the polls against his rival, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro, dubbed by the media as “Trump of the Tropics,” threatens to ignore…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/democracy-jeopardy-roundtable-2022-brazilian-presidential-electionsThe War on Music—Reclaiming the Twentieth Century
Three global wars (World Wars I and II and the Cold War) changed the course of music in the 20th century. Charting the influence of politics, from Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin to the CIA, John Mauceri, Grammy, Tony, Ol…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/war-music-reclaiming-twentieth-centuryFree at Last? Race, Sports, and the Evolution of Black Athletes
Jesse Washington, journalist and documentary filmmaker for ESPN’s Andscape and co-author of the John Thompson autobiography I CAME AS A SHADOW, will examine the ongoing emancipation of Black players in college and pro s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/free-last-race-sports-and-evolution-black-athletesCan Banks Earn the Trust of the Diverse Majority?
The majority of Americans are paid hourly wages and live paycheck to paycheck. Yet, argues Alex Ehrlich, CEO of startup financial services company Percapita Group, banks are built to thrive when they serve the minority…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/can-banks-earn-trust-diverse-majorityNuclear Folly: Revisiting the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 Years after the Event
In October 1962, the world came the closest it’s ever come to nuclear Armageddon. The discovery of Soviet missiles being installed in Cuba triggered the most dangerous encounter of the Cold War rivalry between the Unite…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/nuclear-folly-revisiting-cuban-missile-crisis-60-years-after-event