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The 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-justiceWhere Opportunity Happens: How Neighborhoods Affect Social Mobility
Using the powerful lens of data and economics, Professor Raj Chetty will lay the intellectual, theoretical, and statistical groundwork to evaluate whether the American Dream still remains attainable today. A MacArthur F…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/where-opportunity-happens-how-neighborhoods-affect-social-mobilityClimate Change on the Roof of the World
To learn more about the highest reaches of the world, Aurora Elmore, Ph.D., geologist, climate change expert, and Senior Program Manager of Science and Innovation at the National Geographic Society, recently managed the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/climate-change-on-roof-of-worldHow To Be An Antiracist: A Conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
"Like fighting an addiction, being an anti-racist requires persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism, and regular self-examination,” affirms Ibram X. Kendi, author of the award-winning book How to Be An Antirac…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-to-be-antiracist-conversation-with-dr-ibram-x-kendiA Conversation with Peter Rice, Chairman of Walt Disney Television
Peter Rice, chairman of Walt Disney Television, will discuss the television business, trends over time, and his own career path, including nearly 30 years at Fox where he began as an intern before rising to the head of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/conversation-with-peter-rice-chairman-of-walt-disney-televisionUS-China Relations After November 3
The U.S. and China have entered a period of intense mutual antagonism across the full spectrum of their relationship. Whether their rivalry will escalate in the short term critically depends on the outcomes of the U.S.…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/us-china-relations-after-november-3A Romance Gone Bad: The Chinese-American Economic Relationship
The unraveling of the commercial relationship between the U.S. and China was once thought unthinkable, but is now unfolding with relentless speed. Lingling Wei, senior China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, in…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/romance-gone-bad-chinese-american-economic-relationshipA View from Inside the "Techlash"
The tech companies that were once considered among the best corporate citizens in the world, praised for expanding access to information, lowering barriers to education, and generally using innovation to create a better…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/view-from-inside-techlash"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-coverage