author, “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A”
A political philosopher and ethics professor at Harvard University and author of Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education and Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.
Two cousins: One to Harvard, one to prison Danielle Allen became a Harvard professor. Her cousin Michael died young after spending years in prison. They lived not far from each other. In a new book, Danielle Allen tries to understand how her cousin Michael’s life could have been different. She finds the answer in California’s harsh sentencing of juvenile offenders.
Echoes of Ancient Democracy in Denver Tonight Barack Obama will address some 75,000 people on a stage featuring Greek columns like those of the White House and other buildings in Washington. President Bush used a similar set in 2004. The Obama campaign says there's no connection, though there are other reverberations. Danielle Allen, professor of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study, is author of Talking to Strangers : Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education.
Striking Stage Design Worthy of a Museum Show Edward Goldman talks about art exhibitions and set designs from Pasadena to Palm Springs.
Breaking free from Shakespeare's Ghetto What if “The Merchant of Venice” were told from Shylock’s daughter’s perspective? That’s the conceit behind Sarah Mantell’s play “Everything that never happened”.
NAFTA 2.0, Trump Got It Right? Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch and a 25-year veteran of congressional trade battles, discusses NAFTA 2.0, the Trump Administration’s newly negotiated trade agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States that, improbable as it may seem, could actually give Mexican workers a living wage and end corporate control of trade courts.