Aug 27, 2020
The past few years have been infused with political engagement from a diverse electorate. For every victory, however, there’s an equally coordinated attempt to disenfranchise these citizens. Bestselling authors Steve Phillips and David Daley will teach us how to unrig the rules to ensure everyone’s vote is...
Aug 25, 2020
Listen to these two leading ladies of suspense as they crack the case of how to write spine-tingling, sophisticated thrillers. Meg Gardiner specializes in heroines with big brains, from FBI agents to forensic psychiatrists to firecracker. And Rachel Howzell Hall, author of the Detective Elouise Norton series, has...
Aug 20, 2020
How much can we rely on our courts as the last line of defense in our right to vote? Experts lead us through the role of the courts in ensuring access to absentee ballots and early voting, and show us how citizens can shape the judiciary. Featuring Richard Hasen, Alan Hirsch, and ACLU of Northern California director...
Aug 18, 2020
Eimear McBride’s career is an underdog’s dream: she spent six months writing her debut novel, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, and nine years trying to sell it, only to take the literary scene by storm when it was finally published in 2013 to an avalanche of acclaim, awards, and rapturous comparisons to James Joyce...
Aug 13, 2020
The election will be disrupted by COVID-19. There’s a secure
solution: voting by mail, which would protect public health and our
democracy’s integrity. What are the pathways to making vote-by-mail
widely available? Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the
President, is joined by Amber McReynolds, coauthor of...