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Fredrik Logevall , Harvard University professor of history and international relations and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and Tom Nichols , US Naval War College professor of National Security Affairs and contributing writer at The Atlantic , explore latest developments in the crisis in Ukraine with Alexandra Vacroux , executive director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Ha...

Kate Clifford Larson , visiting scholar at the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center, discusses her new book "Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer" which draws on new interviews and fresh archival material to explore Hamer's life and impact on the civil rights movement. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead , professor of communication and African and African American studies at Loyola Univer...

  Baylor Fox-Kemper , professor of earth, environmental, and planetary sciences at Brown University; Courtney Humphries , journalist and author; Paul Kirshen , professor of climate adaptation at the University of Massachusetts Boston; Sanjay Seth , climate resilience program manager for the City of Boston; and the Rev. Vernon K. Walker , senior program manager at Communities Responding to Extreme...

Neal Thompson , journalist and author, discusses his forthcoming book " The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty," which draws on previously unreleased records to explore the lives of Bridget and Patrick Kennedy, with Christine Kinealy , professor of history and director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University. This program is supported in part through the G...

The Kennedy Library and GBH partner for an exclusive preview and discussion of the new PBS American Experience  documentary  The American Diplomat .  Ambassador (Ret.) Aurelia Brazeal , Director  Leola Calzolai-Stewart  and Duke professor of history  Adriane Lentz-Smith  discuss the film and explore the experience of African American diplomats serving during the Cold War with  American Experience...

Congressman Ro Khanna discusses his forthcoming book "Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us ," which explores how the digital economy can create opportunities for people across the country, with Arlie Russell Hochschild , professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dayna Cunningham , Dean of Tufts' Tisch College of Civic Life, and Edward Glaeser , Harvard professor of economics and co-author of the forthcoming book "Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation" explore key issues affecting the future of cities with columnist and former Boston Globe editorial page editor Renée Loth .

Mara Hvistendahl , investigative reporter and author of " The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage" ; Dana Priest , The Washington Post investigative reporter and chair of public affairs journalism at the University of Maryland; and Tim Weiner , author of " The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945-2000," examine key issues in i...

Michael Dobbs , author and former longtime reporter for The Washington Post , discusses his new book " King Richard: Nixon and Watergate - An American Tragedy" with award-winning author and journalist Evan Thomas .  

Tom Nichols , US Naval War College professor of National Security Affairs, columnist for USA Today , and contributing writer at The Atlantic , discusses his new book " Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy" with Heather Cox Richardson , Boston College professor of history. 

Kendra Davenport Cotton , chief operating officer at the New Georgia Project; Robert Griffin , senior research advisor and research director for the Voter Study Group at Democracy Fund; Taeku Lee , University of California, Berkeley professor of political science and of law; Gabriel R. Sanchez , University of New Mexico professor of political science and a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in Governance...

José Andrés , chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, and David Beasley , Executive Director of the World Food Programme, discuss current actions and responses to hunger and malnutrition with Laura Reiley , reporter for The Washington Post covering the business of food. The Kennedy Library's education and public programs related to civil rights and social justice are sponsored in part by AT&T.

Katharine Hayhoe , chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy and distinguished professor and chair at Texas Tech University, discusses her book "Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World" with Reyhaneh Maktoufi , host, co-producer, and illustrator of PBS/NOVA's "Sciencing Out," Rita Allen Foundation Civic Science Fellow in Misinformation, and science communicat...

Patricia Sullivan , professor of history at the University of South Carolina, discusses her new book "Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy's America in Black and White," which draws on government files, personal papers, and oral interviews to examine Robert F. Kennedy's life and legacy. Kenneth Mack , professor of law and history at Harvard University, moderates. Kennedy Library education and public pro...

Julia Sweig , award-winning author and nonresident senior research fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin, discusses her new book Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight , which draws on the largely unknown and overlooked audio diaries that Mrs. Johnson kept during her years in the White House. Ellen Fitzpatrick , professor of history at the University of New...

Peter Coleman , Columbia professor of psychology and education and author of the forthcoming " The Way Out: How To Overcome Toxic Polarization" ;  Archon Fung , professor of citizenship and self-government at the Harvard Kennedy School; the  Reverend Irene Monroe , theologian, syndicated columnist, and co-host of GBH's " All Rev'd Up" podcast;  Amanda Ripley , author of the forthcoming " High Conf...

Karen Tumulty , political columnist for  The Washington Post , discusses her forthcoming book, "T he Triumph of Nancy Reagan ," which draws on archives, letters, memoirs, White House records, and four years of interviews with people close to the Reagans to reveal new details of the multifaceted character of the First Lady. Eileen McNamara , Pulitzer Prize-winning former  Boston Globe  columnist an...

Reginald Dwayne Betts , poet, memoirist and teacher; Tracie Keesee , co-founder, Center for Policing Equity; Khalil Gibran Muhammad , Harvard professor of history, race, and public policy; and Chuck Wexler , executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, discuss current issues in police and justice reform with Errin Haines , Editor-at-Large, The 19th*. Kennedy Library education and pub...

Theresa Cardinal Brown , Bipartisan Policy Center director of immigration and cross-border policy; Roberto Gonzales , Harvard professor of education and director of the Immigration Initiative at Harvard; Marcelo Suárez-Orozco , UMass Boston Chancellor; Daniel Tichenor , University of Oregon chair of social science and Program for Democratic Governance director; and Jia Lynn Yang , The New York Tim...

Anthea Butler , professor of religious studies and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; EJ Dionne , The Washington Post columnist and visiting professor at the Harvard Divinity School; Patrick Lacroix , author of John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Faith ; Emmett Price , professor of worship, church, and culture at the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; and Simran Jeet Singh , Rel...

Panelists including Lisa Lerer , reporter at The New York Times , and Julian Zelizer , professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and CNN Political Analyst, discuss opportunities and challenges for the incoming administration, as well as reflect on the significance of the Biden-Harris victory in the 2020 elections. NBC News correspondent Harry Smith moderates. Explore more at...

Award-winning musician and Emerson College artist-in-residence Toshi Reagon and the Reverend Mariama White-Hammond , founding pastor of the New Roots AME Church and fellow with the Green Justice Coalition, discuss how the belief systems that define and maintain our societies impact the planet and influence our survival with Porsha Olayiwola , the City of Boston's Poet Laureate. Co-presented in con...

Panelists including Dan Balz , chief correspondent at The Washington Post ; Jonathan Capehart , opinion columnist at The Washington Post ; Maria Hinojosa , president and founder of Futuro Media and anchor and executive producer of Latino USA ; and Alice Stewart , CNN commentator, NPR contributor, and Harvard Institute of Politics fellow, interpret the results of the 2020 elections. Award-winning a...

In this culminating keynote session of the Kennedy Library's "Expanding Democracy" conference, Judge Nancy Gertner (ret.), senior lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, and former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Margaret Marshall deepen the conversation about the judicial role in contemporary voting rights with Barbara Howard , former anchor of WGBH's All Things Considere...

In commemoration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, this conference will explore the history of the suffrage movement and how efforts to broaden voting rights have evolved over time. Sessions will explore the origins and development of suffrage efforts as well as contemporary voting rights issues.  Join University of Virginia professor of politics Jennifer Lawless , University of Massachuset...