Democracies around the world are facing challenges of radicalization and ideological polarization. Harassment and threats against elected officials, hateful rhetoric and violence against minorities, and the normalization of extremism by once mainstream actors have become commonplace. What are the causes and consequences of…
Education Research Section (ERS) Speaker Seminar guest, Maya Rosen, Smith College, Program in Neuroscience. Open to students, faculty and staff. Lunch provided. Zoom presentation.
co-sponsored with the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.
Dive into the intricate world of New Jersey legislative politics with a five-term state lawmaker. Journey through the processes underlying three bills he crafted and successfully shepherded through enactment: a transformative policy that led to historic reductions in the state’s prison population, a wildlife conservation…
Book Talk: We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care
Amy Finkelstein, John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In the last few years, we have witnessed the decriminalization of abortion in Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico – a Green Wave for abortion rights that has inspired activists and movements worldwide. These changes were built over decades of civil society organizing, often in very restrictive contexts, and are driving similar…
