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Weak 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-bansTalk Radio: A Political, Cultural and Social Force
In an era of 24-hour hyper partisan cable television and a deluge of podcasts all over the ideological map, talk radio shows have become few and far between, especially on public radio. Despite fewer listeners tuning in…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/talk-radio-political-cultural-and-social-forceThe 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-centuryDemocracy 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-electionsRace 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-law