Panel

In October 2013, the United States incarceration rate was the highest in the world. While the US has only 5 percent of the world's population, it houses over 25 percent...

This September marks the 10th anniversary of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court.  Our panel will look back on the decisions of the last...

In 2010, Arizona conservatives passed a law banning ethnic studies. Similar bans have been proposed in other states, which is part of a right-wing plan to undermine education and create...

Getting the Affordable Care Act up and running was a giant step forward—but it was only one step of many that still need to be taken. This panel will look...

Police departments from New York to Chicago are using "big data" to try to predict everything from where the next crime wave will be to who is going to commit...

Tear gas from the inner cities to Palestine; the "Happy" dance from Ukraine to Taiwan; LGBT rights from Uganda to Utah. Movements around the world are connecting organically and helping...

For proponents, privatization is simply a transfer of ownership of a property or business from the government to the private sector. But for public education, it means the replacement of...

This panel will unite faith-based organizers and strategists from various movements including the National Moral Monday/Forward Together Movement and the Sanctuary Movement on the US/Mexico Border. We'll explore how progressive...

A series of highly publicized tragic deaths involving law enforcement have sparked national outrage and vibrant activism, as well as critical racial justice organizing to address widespread racial discrimination and...

Nearly two dozen states have passed new voting restrictions since the 2010 election. At the same time, several states have moved to improve access to the ballot. Congressional and court...