The Clinton Presidency
Rutgers University professor David Greenberg discussed Bill Clinton’s path to the White House, his major legislative achievements, and his place in the history of the modern Democratic Party…
433 viewsRutgers University professor David Greenberg discussed Bill Clinton’s path to the White House, his major legislative achievements, and his place in the history of the modern Democratic Party…
433 viewsRutgers University Professor Marybeth Gasman argued that systemic racism and bias restricts Blacks and people of color from attaining faculty positions at universities and colleges. Rutgers …
346 viewsRutgers University Professor Jefferson Decker taught a class on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. He described the relationship b…
450 viewsAdam Goodheart, a Civil War columnist for The New York Times, recounts the first year of the Civil War in 1861. The author examines the revolutionary fervor that ran through the nation prior…
1,276 viewsTavis Smiley delivered the commencement address to the 2007 graduating class of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. The ceremony was held in Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue C…
325 viewsSenator Hillary Clinton talked about the marginalization of women and minorities in America. She also addressed health issues, Iraq, and other topics. This speech, “Women and Public Lea…
164 viewsChristopher Hitchens talked about the relationship between literature and politicians. He talked about writers who have entered the arena of political debate, ranging from Oscar Wilde’s radi…
2,401 viewsProfessor Jacobs talked about his book Mobsters, Unions, and Feds: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement, published by New York University Press. He described the history of the infiltra…
1,657 viewsMr. Kevin Maney talked about his book, The Maverick and his Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM, published by John Wiley and Sons. The book is a biography of the late Thomas W…
207 viewsIn a forum titled “First International Roundtable on the Theory and Practice of Civic Globalism,” participants described civil society in their individual countries. They discussed the impac…
476 viewsAuthor and former Mexican Ambassador to France Carlos Fuentes addressed the Dialogue of the Americas Conference. He spoke about the widespread poverty in Latin America and the failure of int…
94 viewsThe panelists discussed topics such as the relation between daily journalism and review journalism and the effects of television journalism on print journalism. They also talked about the im…
49 viewsTransaction Publishers at Rutgers University held a forum on Publishing Public Policy Journals. Key editors or proprietors of public policy journals discussed issues which unite and divide t…
144 viewsFrederick Schauer, Professor at Harvard University, discussed Justice Stevens' judicial style and his approach to various cases over his twenty years on the Court.
49 viewsPresident Clinton spoke to a gymnasium of college students on his proposal to create a college loan program that would allow college students to repay their loans through public service prog…
458 viewsDemocratic Presidential nominee, Governor Michael Dukakis, spoke at Rutgers University to discuss environmental issues.
263 viewsFormer U.S. Senators discussed changes in the Senate and how to make it better. They answered audience questions.
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