Institute of Politics

Our current Health Secretary has made a host of claims that many people in the public health sector find unconventional or downright disproven. But on food safety and production, to what extent is RFK Jr. right about what will – and won’t – make our country healthier? Find out how our food system[...]

From Hurricane Katrina to the LA fires, as the frequency of disasters rises with the changing climate, their politicization amplifies at an even faster pace. Most recently, we saw Democrats playing the blame game after the Los Angeles fires, insidious social media campaigns to undermine FEMA in[...]

Since he was sworn into office in January, President Trump has taken swift and extraordinary measures to realize his campaign promises targeting illegal immigrants and asylum seekers. Chicago, a sanctuary city, has long been at the center of Trump’s hostility; Mayor Johnson recently testified[...]

Featuring David Axelrod, Clarissa Ward, CNN's chief international correspondent, and Roger Cohen, The New York Times Paris Bureau Chief If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact TBD. Thursday, April 24, 2025 7:00 p.m. CET The University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center in[...]

Let’s talk crypto, politics and the proper suit to wear on television with Anthony – the Mooch – Scaramucci, an American financier and podcaster who served for ten days as Communications Director in the first Trump White House. Now a crypto evangelist, author of the book The Little Book of Bitcoin:[...]

The first 100 days of the Trump administration were exponentially more frenetic for reporters than those of his first term, both in terms of the policies he enacted — often outside the established norms of Congress and the judiciary – and his increasingly fraught relationship with the media. Join a[...]