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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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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson opens the winter quarter in conversation with UChicago student moderators Shannon Dye (AB ‘25), Alyssa Manthi (AB ‘26), and Alexandria Porter (AB ‘25) on faith, education, taxes, transit and the complexities of the youth vote.
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The Future of Israel & Palestine: From Incalculable Loss to a Viable Tomorrow
What is the practical and possible future of the Middle East in the view of two men who are among the many who have lost so much? Magen Inon - an Israeli educator and peace activist who lost both of his parents in the October 7 terrorist attack - and Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian peace activist[...]
Everybody Hates This: Healthcare
The murder of the UnitedHealth CEO – and the country’s response to it – underscored a broader sentiment that has been fulminating in America for a generation: that the entire health care system is against we, the people who use it. Between big Pharma and their ads; health insurance companies and[...]
The Fairness Coalition: The Politics of the Haves and Have Nots
While partisan divides are bigger than ever in Washington, among voters, the political lines seem to be drawn more around the politics of distribution. Anger over illegal immigration, food prices, big pharma, big tech and the like all center around a common theme: that someone is winning and the[...]
Trumpian Turmoil: Political Lessons from Europe
Political disarray throughout Europe offers lessons – and warnings – for the United States. From the rise of authoritarian populism in Hungary and Turkey and the collapse of the German and French governments to economic disarray in Britain and the growing clout of a right-wing prime minister in[...]
Policy Challenge Super Bowl
Join UChicago, University of Cincinnati, and University of Kansas finalist teams as they go head to head with their Urban-Rural Divide Policy Challenge proposals in our Policy Challenge Super Bowl! Judged by former senator Jon Tester.
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