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Drawing from her extensive professional and academic experiences in foreign relations, national security, and public affairs, Hagar Chemali, a political commentator with expertise on a range of historic and dynamic issu…

Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble—but who is really t…

Progress is a demonstrable fact: We are healthier, richer, freer, safer, and happier than our ancestors. It’s not because of some mystical force that lifts our species upward. It’s because of the Enlightenment ideal of…

The debate on policing has generated heated discussions and strong reactions nationwide. Questions like: Are cops detrimental to the welfare of racial minorities? Should we defund them? Or perhaps abolish them? What abo…

In today’s world, civil discourse is the exception rather than the rule. That's precisely why the Dreier Roundtable wants to recognize public servants who engage in a vigorous clash of ideas while recognizing that their…

Roger Karapin, professor of political science at City University of New York’s Graduate Center and author of "Political Opportunities for Climate Policy: California, New York, and the Federal Government," will discuss t…

A cultural critic and occasionally irreverent feminist, Laura Kipnis didn’t know much about Title IX until she found herself brought up on Title IX complaints…for writing an essay. Without minimizing the realities of se…

Roderic Camp, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, whose scholarship since 1970 has focused on Mexican elites, explores the fascinating insights and significance of hundreds of interviews, including sev…

How do the stories that are told about places we love matter? How can we learn to tell different stories in order to create a more just present and future? Wendy Cheng, associate professor of American Studies at Scripps…

The Tongva have long struggled to gain acknowledgment on their ancestral land of Tovangaar, located in the Los Angeles basin, and to be able to fulfill their responsibility to be stewards to the land, plants, and animal…