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The 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-needsLittle 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 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-futureRace 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-predationWeak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia
Conventional wisdom treats Russian politics as either an extension of Vladimir Putin's worldview or Russia's unique history, but in Weak Strongman, Timothy Frye, the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/weak-strongman-limits-power-putins-russiaFree 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-eventPutting the “Science” into Data Science
When people talk about skills that are important for data science, the focus tends to be primarily on technical skills, like statistics and computer programming. Often overlooked is the importance of the scientific mind…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/putting-science-data-sciencePost Roe: Practicing Medicine Under Abortion Bans
Lori Freedman, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences, is a sociologist and bioethicist at the UCSF who investigates the ways in which reproductive health care is shaped by our social stru…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/post-roe-practicing-medicine-under-abortion-bans