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Survey the recent crisis in Ukraine and see how the origins of this conflict stem from the last hundred years of the region’s history, which is rife with skirmishes and shifting borders.

The symposium discussed the presidential election through the prism of the declining influence of fact-based reporting and the ascent of social media and consumer-driven digital discourse.

In his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama outlined his priority for legislative action and priorities for the American people.

Pace Law School hosts a debate on gay marriage with David Blankenhorn, author of The Future of Marriage, and Evan Wolfson, author of Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry.

In this lecture professor Michael B. McElroy introduces the worldwide experiment we have embarked on through the increase in global temperature.

Wright, a Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer for The New Yorker, brings exhaustive research and delightful prose to one of the best books yet on the history of terrorism, The Looming Tower.

Does religion have a place in the public square? With it, can we have peace? Without it, can we have dignity?

In the first presidential debate, held in Denver, Colo., and moderated by NewsHour's Jim Lehrer, Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama presented their cases primarily on domestic policy issues...

Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader weighs in on California's energy crisis as the keynote speaker in "Deregulated Greed," a forum sponsored by the College Green Party and the Green Party of San Diego County.

Analysis and critical evaluation of recent major issues, conflicts and problems in American government and institutions.