Jelani Cobb

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The Ford School, LSA, and Wallace House Partner for Public Discourse

Aug 25, 2023

On a Monday evening in late November, throngs of University of Michigan students, faculty, staff, and Ann Arbor residents waited expectantly outside the Michigan Theater to attend the premier showing of the film, “She Said.” The movie chronicles...

State & Hill

Soundbites, spring 2023

May 3, 2023

The FBI does have national security concerns about [TikTok]. Its parent company is controlled by the Chinese government…. It gives them the ability to control the recommendation algorithm, which allows them to manipulate content and—if they want...

Headshots of Christopher Wray, Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt, Jelani Cobb, Gretchen Whitmer, and Chris Wallace

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Announcing winter 2023 Ford School events

Jan 11, 2023

The Ford School is pleased to announce an exciting lineup for the winter 2023 Policy Talks @ the Ford School series and other special public events hosted with partners from across campus. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise...

Headshots of Peter Meijer, Jelani Cobb, Jeh Johnson, Andy Levin, and Angela Harrelson

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"Democracy in Crisis" series taps award-winning journalists for insights

Sep 16, 2022

U.S. democratic institutions are under attack. While law enforcement agencies and a Congressional committee still work to investigate the January 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol, a wave of subsequent efforts have continued to seek to undermine the...

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University of Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium

Jelani Cobb on "The half-life of freedom: Notes on race, media and democracy"

Jan 24, 2023, 6:00-7:30 pm EST

Rackham Auditorium

Wallace House Presents journalist and educator Jelani Cobb, in conversation with Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes to look at the historic challenges to democracy that centered around race, the impact of the media, and how this frames and informs the current moment.

Jelani Cobb: "The half-life of freedom"

Jan 24, 2023 1:30:00

Wallace House Presents journalist and educator Jelani Cobb looks at the historic challenges to democracy that centered around race, the impact of the media, and how this frames and informs the current moment.