by Jane Elder | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
As the dust was settling from the Democratic and Republican National Conventions at the end of the summer, a friend of mine excitedly posted on Facebook, “I actually heard the word citizenship used!” While I can’t recall how many other people “Liked” this comment (I...
by Janine Geske, Scott Straus | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
Can victims, their families, and communities—even countries—heal after unspeakable acts of violence? In this Academy Evenings “Talk to Me” series of discussions, Janine Geske, a Distinguished Professor of Law at Marquette University and former Wisconsin...
by David Broder | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
How do we resolve America’s problems in ways liberals and conservatives will embrace? In Part I of the Wisconsin Academy’s “Getting to Purple: Beyond the Red and Blue of Partisan Politics” series of Academy Evenings talks, Washington Post...
by Diane Lim Rogers | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In her Academy Evenings talk, chief economist at the Concord Coalition (Washington DC) and EconomistMom.com blogger Diane Lim Rogers gives us a fair-minded assessment of the current debate over the federal budget, the widening gap between revenues and spending, and...
by Sara Raab | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In Part III of the Wisconsin Academy’s special “Understanding Immigration” series of Academy Evening talks, Benjamin Johnson, executive director of the American Immigration Law Foundation in Washington DC, looks at the impact of immigration and...
