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This collection of programs from the University of California faculty and guests illuminates the crosscurrents in America that led to the election of Donald Trump and the ensuing impact on healthcare, immigration, foreign policy, human rights, journalism, Congress, the courts and other institutions...
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Emergent Technologies: Friend or Foe?
Join Secretary Janet Napolitano and Senator Mark Warner for a discussion about the risks and opportunities of emergent technologies for voting, politi...
Homeland Security in a Post-Trump Era: Bipartisan Insights for the Coming Years
Four former Secretaries of Homeland Security discuss current issues in homeland security, the overlap between security and politics, and how our count...
Wall Street and ... Obesity? Marion Nestle Talks about the U.S. Food Supply
Marion Nestle, Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition at New York University, discusses the U.S. food industry being in a highly competitive...
General H. R. McMaster in Conversation with Lowell Bergman
General H.R. McMaster ranks among his generation's most distinguished scholar-soldiers. An acclaimed historian, his military service has spanned from...
What’s Next for Democracy: Social Safety Net in America with Robert Reich
Robert Reich reflects on the recent election; the presidential contest and initiative results. He also discusses UBI, income inequality and what he'd...
An Election Like No Other: Ensuring Democracy’s Survival
This panel features leaders and experts addressing these unprecedented times and all the challenges confronting Election 2020. What can we do to make...
Voting Rights and Voter Suppression - Election 2020: UC Berkeley Big Ideas
This lecture kicks off with Professor Jayaraman’s discussion of “astroturf” social movements and the growing battle around California’s Ballot Proposi...
Racial Classification and the 2020 Census with Michael Omi - Election 2020: UC Berkeley Big Ideas
Today we take up the question of racial classification and the 2020 census with professor Michael Omi. Professor Omi is Associate Professor of Ethnic...
Big Ideas: Election 2020: Race Space and Politics
The principle question for this presentation is what is “race” and how does it shape our politics? We begin with an introduction looking at the ongoin...
How Democratic is the US Constitution? - Election 2020: UC Berkeley Big Ideas
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” As look at the history of American democracy, we begin with the nation’s fou...
Aimee Allison from She The People - Election 2020: UC Berkeley Big Ideas
Aimee Allison is founder and president of She the People, a national network elevating the voice and power of women of color. She brings together vote...
The Context of Election 2020 - Election 2020: UC Berkeley Big Ideas
In our opening public lecture, we will take up the immediate context of the 2020 election to consider what is at stake in COVID-19 and the recent upri...
Tritons Tackling the 2020 Presidential Election - UC San Diego Alumni
Explore what’s ahead for November with political expert and author Thad Kousser, Chair, Department of Political Science at UC San Diego, in conversati...
Domestic Unrest – America at War with Itself - COVID-19 Global Impacts
Why are Americans at such odds about what should be done about the novel coronavirus? Why have Americans become so polarized, even on issue related to...
COVID-19: California Poll Findings and What They Mean for Our Future
UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies recently completed the largest survey of Californians to date regarding opinions and attitudes related...
How COVID-19 will Shape the 2020 Election
The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a deep impact on the 2020 presidential election, from a battle over when to hold the Wisconsin primary to the po...
COVID-19: Economic Impact Human Solutions
The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis threatening to become an economic catastrophe that affects tens of millions of Americans. Is the $2 tr...
Weaponizing Narratives: Why America Wants Gun Control But Doesn’t Have It
If having a gun really made you safer, then America would be one of the safest countries in the world. It's not. Gary Younge (Manchester University) e...
US-China Relations - COVID-19 Global Impacts Webinar
Building on an already tense relationship aggravated by the trade war, will the recent War of Words between the U.S. and China lead to further escalat...
America's Imperial Unraveling - Transnational Legal Discourse on Race and Empire
The keynote presentation of the Transnational Legal Discourse on Race and Empire Symposium features Aziz Rana whose research and teaching center on Am...
The Trump Impeachment with Robert Reich and Erwin Chemerinsky
With the 2020 general elections looming, the nominee for the Democratic Party undetermined, and a defiant and volatile president at the helm, the impe...
Innovating Democracy: Key Issues for the 2020 Election and Beyond
Experts weigh in on a number of key issues ahead of the 2020 election including: democratic engagement, voter participation, gerrymandering, voter sup...
Fearlessness Among the New Women in Congress
Women played a huge role in the 2018 midterms. A record number of women were elected to congress, some marking other historic firsts along the way. Wo...
Immigration: A Boon or Burden to U.S. Society? - 2019 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate
Experts on immigration, national security and refugee movements engage in a debate about the U.S. immigration system, the values and interests it serv...
The Historical Exclusion of Minority Elected Officials and The Modern Fight for Minority-Majority Districts
This panel discussion features former elected officials, legal and political experts discussing the role of late UCLA professor Leo Estrada in redistr...
Demography and Population Studies as a Conduit to Systems Change
Quality data is paramount to ensuring equal representation. If we don’t know who is living in our communities, we can’t create and maintain the system...
The New Majority and the 2020 Census: Shifting the Balance of Power
The history of the U.S. census is riddled with examples of efforts to exclude immigrants and minorities. Arturo Vargas, president and CEO of the NALEO...
Does Trump Have a Middle East Policy?
The Trump Administration has an anti-ISIS military policy but has zeroed out reconstruction support for areas that have been liberated from ISIS in Sy...
The Trump Administration and North Korea
In this talk, based in part on his forthcoming book, The Trump Administration and International Law (Oxford University Press, 2018), Yale professor Ha...
Women in Politics with Jennifer Granholm Sarah Anzia and Charlotte Hill
Women played a huge role in the 2018 midterms. A record number of women were elected to congress, some marking other historic firsts along the way. Wo...
The Honorable Willie Brown on the 2018 Midterms and Strategy for 2020
Two-term Mayor of San Francisco and Speaker of the California State Assembly Willie Brown discusses the midterm elections and shares his knowledge of...
Breaking Down the 2018 Midterm Election Results with Professor Emeritus Sanford Lakoff -- Osher UC San Diego
When Congress reconvenes next year, Democrats will have a majority in the US House of Representatives. How will that change the dynamics in Washington...
Robert Reich: Why the Common Good Disappeared and How We Get It Back with complete introduction
Professor Robert B. Reich ignites a discussion of the good we have had in common, what happened to it, and what we might do to restore it. His goal is...
Robert Reich Shares His Optimism about the Future
UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy professor Robert Reich shares his optimism about the future of the United States. Series: "Public Policy a...
Robert Reich: Why the Common Good Disappeared and How We Get It Back
Professor Robert B. Reich ignites a discussion of the good we have had in common, what happened to it, and what we might do to restore it. His goal is...
Dispatch from the Resistance with Kevin De León -- UC Public Policy Channel
California State Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León outlines the state’s efforts to protect its progressive agenda on climate, immigration and...
Serving Oakland with Annie Campbell Washington -- In the Living Room with Henry E. Brady
Oakland City Councilmember and Goldman School graduate Annie Campbell Washington talks about her career path in public service that has included stin...
Taxes Trade Tariffs and Trump with Robert Reich and Stephen Moore -- Point/Counterpoint
In an effort to bridge political divides, the UC Berkeley Office of the Chancellor and the Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement host a spirited...
Making Governments Work with Elizabeth Linos -- In the Living Room with Henry E. Brady
Behavioral economist Elizabeth Linos talks about how to implement good public policy by focusing on needs of the people who serve in government. In...
Defending Liberty in the Age of Trump: Lessons from the Front
The ACLU is committed to civil rights and civil liberties issue. David Cole, National Legal Director of the ACLU and Georgetown law professor, explore...