Civic Lens

Liz Norell , Associate Director for Instructional Learning at The University of Mississippi's Center for Teaching and Learning, answers what if the biggest challenge facing higher education isn't technology—but keeping...

American law draws the line between childhood and adulthood in very different places—with consequences that can last a lifetime. Professor Cohen recommends: When They Us , Adolescence , and The Rage of Innocenc e by...

Bowdoin College's Andrew Rudalevige on how the presidency become so powerful and what it means for American democracy. Rudalevige is the author of By Executive Order: Bureaucratic Management and the Limits of...

SMU's Matthew Wilson on how religious beliefs shape politics - even for people who rarely think about religion. Wilson is the co-author of Politics and Religion in the United States and From pews to polling places...

Scott Huffmon ( The Winthrop Poll⁠) of Winthrop University and Director of the Winthrop Poll discusses how migration has changed the South, evolving views on the Confederate Flag, polarization, and the Trump effect on...

Amy Hanauer of ITEP asks "When profitable corporations pay little or nothing in taxes, who makes up the difference?" Hanauer recommnds : Why Corporations Must Pay More , ITEP State Policy , The Price of Democracy: The...

Christopher Sebastian Parker asks what happens when people fight for democracy abroad but are denied its promises at home. Parker is the author of: Fighting for Democracy: Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White...

Cornell historian, Larry Glickman , explains that capitalism isn't a fixed system, but an idea that Americans have continually reinvented. Glickman is the author of Free Enterprise: An American History and Buying Power...

John Dinan of Wake Forest University, and author of ⁠The American State Constitutional Tradition⁠, explains why so many of the decisions that shape our daily lives happen in state capitals instead of Washington.

Boris Heersink tells us why party brands are so useful to voters and how Trump's hold on the GOP has shaped that party's brand. Heersink is the author of Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968 with...

Michael Kang of Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law, and author of Free to Judge: The Power of Campaign Money in Judicial Elections , along with co-author Joanna Shepherd, joins Civic Lens to discuss the...

Arin Dube , of UMass Amherst, and author of The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It , speaks on the minimum wage, labor markets, and economic inequality. He was featured in The New Yorker...

Teri Incampo from the University of Mississippi on the value of theater as an artistic medium, her latest research, and how we can all become more thoughtful consumers of film and theater. Mentioned in the podcast: Is...

<p>University of Michigan sociologist Elizabeth Armstrong discusses emerging research on workplace experiences, where many college-educated women continue to encounter barriers to advancement even in professional...

<p>Chris Berry, William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, explains how property values are determined, but also how this widely used system suffers...