Videos

Former Chicago Mayor and Chief of Staff in the Obama administration Rahm Emanuel offered a first-hand account of how innovation is taking place at the local level in cities across the countr…

Bassem Youssef talked about his book, Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring, about his satirical coverage of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and consequences of criticizing t…

A member of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, a former New York City police officer, and professors from the University of Chicago and Morehouse College talked about pol…

A governor, a police chief, and drug addiction specialists talked about how to deal with the rising addiction problem around the country, often called an “epidemic.”

Education researchers, neuroscientists, and authors spoke at Chicago Ideas Week about the future of education and alternatives to traditional teaching. Topics included replacing traditional …

Entrepreneurs in the financial and banking industry spoke at the annual Chicago Ideas Week about the future of their industry and the impact of technology. Tom Sosnoff described his financia…

Security analysts, authors, and privacy advocates spoke about the lack of privacy on the Internet. Moderator Rebecca McKinnon detailed the history of government surveillance of citizens. Oth…

Panelists talked about the treatment of returning war veterans. The panel included Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former General Stanley McChrystal, Major General Marcia Anderson, T…

Reporters, writers, and media executives discussed the future of the news media.