2021

September 7, 2021 – Public Lecture Angus Deaton: “Inequality in America: The deaths of despair”  On September 7, Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Sir Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at Princeton University, discussed how income inequality and the decline of the American working class has caused a surge […]

January 26, 2021 – Public Lecture Keneshia Grant: “Relocation and realignment: How Black migration shapes American politics” On January 26 Keneshia Grant, of Howard University, discussed how Black migration shapes American politics. Her talk focused on migration patterns and the shifting political affiliations of the Black community throughout time, while noting that the demographic is […]