Institute of Politics

POV: You're a Gen Z Lawmaker The future of Gen Z’s political power has arrived! Join us for a bipartisan panel of Gen Z state officeholders discussing how they won their races—often against more senior incumbents or opponents—and why leadership in state and local politics matters,[...]

Last summer, the Dalai Lama announced his plan to reincarnate outside China, resparking a decades-long dispute over his succession. Many have seen this as a direct response to the Chinese government’s increasing encroachment on and restriction of the succession of Tibetan religious figures,[...]

Join Chicago Style, Mike Matejka, President of the Illinois Labor History Society, and Lillie Elling, Illinois Labor History Society intern and Starbucks organizer, for a discussion of the history of labor movements and advocacy in Chicago past and present. Our discussion will explore the critical[...]

Democrats at a Crossroads: Big Tent, Huge Democrats are in a good position to fight Trumpism this year, but the party appears mired in factional discord. Every major Democratic congressional and gubernatorial primary has become an intraparty battleground, and the party continues to[...]