Why is our discourse so fraught with fear? Why do so many choose silence as the path of least resistance? And why are the core concepts of a liberal society under attack? For journalist and media pioneer Andrew Sullivan, it boils down to this observation: What matters most of all in these colleges will quickly be what matters in society.
Ever since the emergence of the abolitionist movement there has been great controversy over just how supportive of slavery the Constitution of the United States was. Neither side, Zuckert argues, was approaching the constitution in the way most revealing of the truth about slavery and the Constitution, a way Zuckert calls neo-Madisonian after the constitution’s chief architect, James Madison.
Shelby Steele is the Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He specializes in the study of race relations, multiculturalism, and affirmative action. He was appointed a Hoover fellow in 1994. Steele has written widely on race in American society and the consequences of contemporary social programs on race relations. In 2006, Steele received the Bradley Prize for his contributions to the study of race in America. In 2004, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal.
On November 16, 2020, Lucas Morel virtually joined the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University for an important discussion to explore how Lincoln dealt with the role that race and slavery played in the development of self-government in antebellum America.
In a recent Chronicle of Higher Education essay, Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy poses the question: “How Racist Are Universities, Really?” In it, he argues that in these volatile times, “hyperbolic accusations” can “do more harm than good.” Are universities systemically racist? Will recent university policies designed to address claims of racial bias on campus inhibit academic freedom?
On October 12, 2020, Dr. William B, Allen joined the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University for a virtual talk on George Washington and the founding father's thoughts on slavery.
The subject of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership's 2020 Annual Constitution Day Lecture is Women’s Long Battle for the Vote: Surprises on the Road to the Nineteenth Amendment, the topic and title of Professor DuBois' most recent book. The lecture will cover the seventy-five years of the U.S.
What is education for if not to prepare citizens for meaningful civic participation in the institutions of American government and society? How can we restore healthy civic participation and discussion to American democracy? What sort of education will the renewal of our civic institutions require?
To Yascha Mounk, we are facing a global crisis. Support for liberal democracy has fallen markedly across Western Europe and North America—and this development is especially stark in the U.S., and especially amongst its youth. Populist, authoritarian parties erode the checks and balances of the rule of law, the judiciary system and free press. They discard the rights of citizens and push more people out of the sphere of politics. And they ride waves of racial animosity, promising violence, or imprisonment, for those who resist.