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In the Media

Shaefer lauds EITC

Feb 16, 2022 Detroit Free Press

In the midst of tax filing season, many Americans, especially younger and retired workers, are realizing that new tax rules will result in larger refunds. Luke Shaefer, Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy, discussed...

In the Media

Stevenson discusses inflation and demand

Feb 13, 2022 CNN Politics

With inflation rising as the economy bounces back from the COVID-19 recession, the automobile industry is one area that has struggled due to labor and supply shortages. "The people screaming for Biden to do something do not want the Fed to raise...

Racial Foundations of Public Policy

The impact of race on foreign policy formulation and governance interventions in Haiti

Mar 10, 2022, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Dr. Robert Fatoon Jr. and Dr. Millery Polyné will join Professor John Ciorciari in conversation as part of a virtual series on the historical roots and impact of race shaping public policy in the global context.

Headshots of Dr. Robert Fatton and Dr. Millery Polyné

Denzel McCampbell: Young Leaders in Public Service

Feb 8, 2022 0:52:36

Denzel McCampbell, communications and political director for U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib, joins the Program in Practical Policy Engagement for a discussion. February, 2022.

How liberal education advances democratic engagement: New findings from College and Beyond II

Mar 31, 2022, 1:00-2:00 pm EDT

Researchers will share new findings from the College and Beyond II research study at the University of Michigan that illuminate liberal education’s links to long-term political engagement.

College and Beyond II: Liberal Arts & Life

Immigration reform and racial justice

Feb 17, 2022 0:59:07

Ann Chih Lin discusses the impact of immigration reform policies as part of a larger struggle to advance racial justice. February, 2022.

Photo of Ann Lin in her office at the U-M's Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

The twilight of democracy

Apr 4, 2022, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Michigan League Ballroom (and live-streamed)

Pulitzer Prize winning historian, journalist and commentator Anne Applebaum delivers the keynote lecture of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series, in conversation with Dean Michael S. Barr.

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Sarah Kendzior: Hiding in Plain Sight

Mar 31, 2022, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT

Hear from Sarah Kendzior, author of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America, as part of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series.

Art from the "Hiding in Plain Sight" book cover

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Barton Gellman, “Democracy in Crisis”

Mar 23, 2022, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Barton Gellman in conversation with Michigan Law Professor from Practice Barbara McQuade, as part of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series.

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Democracy: What it takes

Mar 9, 2022, 4:30-5:30 pm EST

Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110) (Also available virtually)

Join to hear from TIME National Political Correspondent Molly Ball in conversation with longtime political writer Craig Gilbert to kick off the Spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series.

Photo of Molly Ball speaking to an audience at the Ford School, as Craig Gilbert listens.

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