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Why Do Central American Migrants Seek Asylum in the United States?

On February 20, 2020, Dr.  J. T. Way, a historian of Central America at Georgia State University, discussed how criminal networks, fueled by a changing economy, have penetrated local Central American neighborhoods, contributing to the asylum cases in U.S. courts...

Are Reproductive Rights at Risk in the United States?

Reproductive Rights, which include the availability of safe and legal abortion and access to accurate medical information, continue to be debated in 2019.  While some stakeholders see these rights as a fundamental part of democratic freedoms that all citizens deserve,...

Britain 1979 to 2019: Forty Years of Political Whiplash

Since 1979 the United Kingdom has made several dramatic turns in politics. The Conservatives thought they saved the country from slow destruction only to have Labour save the country from the Conservatives. Now, with Brexit, who will save the country?  Professor Jack...

Donald Trump and the Modern Presidency

This presentation was given by presidential historian and UCLA Professor Emeritus Robert Dallek and George Washington University professor Matt Dallek. In recent decades, critics on both left and right have deplored the growth of executive power and the “imperial...