Nuclear Energy: Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives
Concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants increased after the earthquake and tsunami damage to the Fukushima nuclear reactors in Japan. The August 2011 eathquake on the east coast of the United...
View ArticleKIPP Charter Schools: Knowledge is Power
Education is a subject of passionate debate in our nation. What makes a great school? Can all children learn? Do poor neighborhoods and poverty determine who learns?April Goble, Executive Director of...
View ArticleRefugees in the Middle East
Karen AbuZayd, recently retired commissioner general of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) will speak on the plight and promise of refugees in the Middle East. Ms. AbuZayd was appointed...
View ArticleAmerica's Relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan
Local author M. Salahuddin Khan has written a multiple award-winning novel, Sikander. A work of historical fiction, it covers the origins of the war in Afghanistan and America's complex relationships...
View ArticleAdlai E. Stevenson II’s 112th Birthday
Help celebrate Adlai E. Stevenson II’s 112th birthday! The Lake County Forest Preserve District and the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy will celebrate the 112th birthday of Adlai Stevenson II at...
View ArticleCancer Risk Assessment and Prevention with Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade
Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade will speak on integrating women's health in the global development agenda. Dr. Olopade is the Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean...
View ArticleInside the Presidential Debates with Newton Minow
Newton Minow was appointed by President John F. Kennedy as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in 1961. Minow famously dubbed television a "vast wasteland" and called for programming...
View ArticleFuture Water Wars?
Growing populations, climate change, and diminishing water resources are combining to make water the oil of the 21st century. Our panel will explore federal, state, and local water resources policy,...
View ArticleTaking the Pulse of Health Care Reform: The Myths and Truths of The...
Our panel of health care experts will examine the features of The Affordable Care Act, the progress of the provisions already in effect, what opponents dislike, what programs have yet to be enacted,...
View ArticleAmerica's Misguided Policy Concerning Iran
John Mearsheimer is the E. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor and co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago. He has written extensively...
View ArticleIsrael and Palestine: Paths to Peace
Rabbi Herbert Bronstein is a lecturer and writer in the field of comparative religion, religion faculty member at Lake Forest College and senior scholar at North Shore Congregation Israel. He was...
View ArticleThe Middle East in Turmoil: A Political Economy
Dr. Khairy Tourk is a professor of Economics at Illinois Institute of Technology. He received his undergraduate degree from Alexandria University, Egypt and his PhD. from the University of California...
View ArticleThe Consequences of the Media Information Hydrant: A Nation of Silent Spectators
Torey Malatia is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Chicago Public Media, Inc. He is a leader in public media strategic thinking, has written and lectured extensively about the public media's...
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