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Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 29, 2024
Immigration and Migration
Responding to Immigration Influx in the United States
Theresa Cardinal Brown, senior advisor of immigration and border policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, discusses prospects for reforms to U.S. immigration policy and how state and local officials c…
August 3, 2023
Competitiveness
Building a Competitive U.S. Workforce
Panelists discuss the increasing demand for technical talent in the current age of automation, how to foster a competitive workforce, and resources available to state and local governments through th…
October 19, 2021
Elections and Voting
Democracy and Reporting on Elections
Robert Griffin, research director for the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group, discusses voter demographics at the municipal, state, and federal level and what this tells us about civic engagement and i…
November 18, 2009
Global
Symposium on Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat?
Session One:Organized Crime and Transnational ThreatsDavid Holiday, Program Officer, Latin America Program, Open Society InstituteWilliam F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counte…
April 21, 2022
Health
A Conversation With Secretary Xavier Becerra
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra discusses the agency’s global footprint, including how COVID-19 exposed systemic disparities in healthcare at home and abroad, plans to prepare f…
June 7, 2022
Energy and Environment
Renewing America Series: Rethinking the U.S. Approach to Energy
Our panelists discussed the U.S. approach to energy, from foreign oil dependence to the transition to and consideration of other energy sources, and climate concerns. With its Renewing America ini…
