Day: Monday Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: Littauer 166 Week 1 – The Wire as Social Theory. In our first meeting we will present the HBO series The Wire as a conceptual lens for analyzing the structural and cultural sources of black poverty in the inner city ...

Day: Wednesday Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: Faculty Dining Room The preservation of democracy depends upon the vibrant dialogue of active diplomacy. The United States stands at cross-roads globally in the 21st century with growing engagements of powerful f ...

Day: Tuesday Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: Littauer 166 Trying to tell the story to the American people of the rapid change under President Obama and a Democratic Congress, the devastating electoral defeat that followed, and the lessons we can learn Despite ...

Day: Wednesday Time: 4:00-5:30PM Location: Littauer 166 Week One:  Congressional Town Hall Meeting Background from Cop on the Beat to US Congressman. Geographic Size of Congressional Districts. No Life of Your Own! Public Service or Private Sacrifice? Wee ...

When people think about The White House, their immediate thoughts go to the West Wing. However, an entire operation exists on the opposite side of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue – in the East Wing, also known as the Office of FLOTUS – the First Lady of the Unit ...

The international community faces no greater challenge than that of putting Africa on the path to balanced and sustained development. No region of the world is in greater need of the kinds of services and support that the system of international organizat ...

This study group is part guidance counseling, and part Actor’s Studio meets Capitol Hill. Each week a prominent figure with deep Capitol Hill and political roots will discuss and answer questions such as: What was your first job on Capitol Hill and how di ...

Overview In 1996, Democratic President Bill Clinton declared in his State of the Union address that the era of big government was over. There is a possibility that in the 21st century, the era of big government could be replaced with an era of social entr ...

This study group will examine the strategy, tactics and techniques of modern electoral organizing. The goal of the series is to provide participants with a solid understanding of the strategy as well as the nuts and bolts of organizing on the ground in a ...

    “THE SENATE AS A CHECK ON THE PRESIDENT: AFTER 217 YEARS, IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL PLAN WORKING? ” GROUP LEADER: James F. Flug, until this summer, Chief Counsel to Senator Edward M. Kennedy; previously, “private public-interest lawyer” (1980-2003), activ ...