Guest Column by Cathrael Kazin I believe passionately in the transformative power of higher education. Being able to attend New York City public universities
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Joan Chittister, OSB, a Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania, has spent the past 40 years advocating for worldwide peace and women’s rights. As co-chair of
Since March 2017, the United Kingdom has taken steps toward withdrawing from the European Union, a movement known as Brexit. Proponents of the change believed
In the fifth edition, July 27, of the Interfaith Friday Series, the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, vice president of religion, moderated a number of
For hundreds of years, people have been concerned about machinery taking their jobs, according to Gary Marchant, Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies, Law & Ethics
Tim Ryan, U.S. representative of Ohio’s 13th Congressional District, will deliver a special lecture at 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 30, in the Hall of Philosophy
Sarah Jaffe literally wrote the book on troublemakers — well, she wrote a book, Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt. The author and journalist spoke to power, money
Corey D. B. Walker discusses the ethics of dissent in his lecture "Is America Possible?: An Ethics of Dissent in an Empire of Dissent" on
Since America’s 2008 financial crisis, independent journalist Sarah Jaffe argued that social movements have gained a new and powerful influence. Fueled by disdain toward capitalism
Bari Weiss, staff editor and writer with The New York Times opinion section, speaks about the dangers of identity politics during her lecture Thursday, July
As assistant professor of religion at Trinity University and a 2018 Interfaith Leadership Institute keynote speaker, Simran Singh connects with America’s youth, both as an
If a single word could encapsulate the year 1968, it would probably be “upheaval.” War, riots, racial strife and revolution shook America to its core.
The minute Sally Kohn’s 9-year-old daughter, Willa, was told ethics were the study of right and wrong, she knew there was no way it could
As a scholar of African-American social thought, Corey D. B. Walker has traced the history of black political discourse and its influence on American democracy.
Shaun King, columnist for The Intercept, Edwin Lindo, social-justice scholar and advocate, and Tamika Mallory, co-president of the Women's March, lead a discussion on the
In a week full of speakers with wide-ranging views like Suzanne Nossel and Shaun King, Bari Weiss will contribute her own perspective to the challenging