Institute of Politics

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Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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Are you MAGA or a socialist?

October 08, 2024

  • democrats
  • republicans
  • Bridging the Divide

JB Pritzker: Progressive Governorship

October 10, 2023

  • democrats
  • state/local government
  • Chicago/Illinois

Yes We Can: The Legacy of the Obama Campaign

February 10, 2022

  • democrats
  • electoral politics

The Democrats’ Rural Problem

February 02, 2022

  • democrats
  • rural

Year One of the Biden Administration

January 20, 2022

  • democrats

Is the Democratic Party in Disarray?

November 02, 2021

  • democrats

Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Leadership and Politics

October 19, 2021

  • democrats

Live Taping of “The Axe Files” with Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)

January 06, 2021

  • democrats
  • democracy

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

June 11, 2020

  • democrats

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

May 19, 2020

  • democrats

Democrats' Path Forward with Pete Buttigieg

April 22, 2020

  • democrats

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