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Race and the Political Economy of Criminal Justice Predation
Joe Soss, the inaugural Cowles Chair for the Study of Public Service at the University of Minnesota, with faculty positions in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the departments of political science and of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-and-political-economy-criminal-justice-predationThe Republican Civil War: What Liz Cheney’s Wyoming Tells us about the Past, Present, and Future of the American Right
Although MAGA conservatives endlessly faulted Liz Cheney for fighting Donald Trump instead of “woke” identity politics on the left, her primary defeat had everything to do with the triumph of an identity politics that i…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/republican-civil-war-what-liz-cheneys-wyoming-tells-us-about-past-present-and-futureLittle Music: Reading and Reflections
Author of two poetry collections, Far District and House of Lords and Commons, Ishion Hutchinson, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, will read from his works. Mr. Hutchinson’s Athenaeum present…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/little-music-reading-and-reflectionsThe New Founders America Needs
Bari Weiss, an opinion writer and writer, and publisher of Common Sense with Bari Weiss, will explore the new founders America needs today, addressing the broken moment we are in as a culture and a country, and what is…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/new-founders-america-needsCreating A Space for Me & You
A Peabody Award winner for her Netflix series City of Ghosts and Emmy winning director for her work on Adventure Time, Elizabeth Ito will talk about the evolution of her creative process, share advice that has been inst…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/creating-space-me-youResolution: This House Should Abolish the Electoral College
In November 2016, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election despite losing the popular vote by almost 2.9 million votes. The result spurred a national conversation about the Electoral Colle…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/resolution-house-should-abolish-electoral-collegeChina’s Unusual Rise: How China Builds and Exercises Military Power, 1995-2020
How do rising countries like China build influence in a world dominated by more established powers? Whereas most experts assume that China has sought to emulate the U.S., Oriana Skylar Mastro, Center Fellow at the Freem…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/chinas-unusual-rise-how-china-builds-and-exercises-military-power-1995-2020Reading and Reflection: An Evening of Poetry with Jane Hirshfield
Described by The Washington Post as belonging “among the modern masters” and by The New York Times as “passionate and radiant,” award-winning poet Jane Hirshfield work ranges from the political, ecological, and scientif…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reading-and-reflection-evening-poetry-jane-hirshfieldHuman Rights and the Origins of the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East
Michelle Tusan, professor of history at UNLV, explores the origins of the response to stateless refugees by international institutions and humanitarian organizations. It has its roots in one of the forgotten stories of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/human-rights-and-origins-refugee-crisis-middle-eastSmackdown: Memory v History
Today's young readers are tomorrow's problem-solvers, whose task, asserts Linda Sue Park, Newberry Medal award winning author of children’s books, is nothing less than saving the planet and human decency. She will talk…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/smackdown-memory-v-history