Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher examine the irony of the nation's second African-American Justice finding himself a pariah in most of the black community.
Lee Hamilton discusses how the United States can use its power around the world to pragmatically protect the country's interests and advance its values.
Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter presents the Princeton Project's newly released final report on national security in the 21st century, the results of two years of research.
H. Robert Baker discusses the case of fugitive slave Joshua Glover, and the courtroom trials and political battles precipitated by Glover's rescue in Wisconsin.
Gozemba, Kahn, and Humphries celebrate the release of Courting Equality, their book documenting the legal battles and marriages of MA gays and lesbians. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Orfield and Shaw consider how research on social equity and civil rights can adjust to the changing reality of a highly stratified multiracial society with a white minority. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Mary Warnement and Marjorie Heins discuss libraries, censorship and the Freedom of Information act from historical and contemporary perspectives. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Jerry Cohen, Nancy Murray, and Harvey Silvergate discuss the impact of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 on the principle of habeas corpus. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Libraries and Copyright is a part of a series on issues confronting the library world, and implications for libraries for the future. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Presenters from the local, state, and federal levels engage in a panel discussion of the political and policy challenges of the reauthorization of NCLB. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Mary Bonauto and other top trial attorneys in some of the most famous cases in recent state history re-enact their closing arguments in front of celebrity jurors. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Karen Elizabeth Chaney examines the investigation and trial of Lizzie Borden and describes Lizzie's quiet life after her acquittal. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
A panel of experts discusses internet censorship in China, exploring the collision between new technology and the national interests of the most populous country. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
David Kennedy offers a fresh view of the notion of a "law of war" by analyzing the linguistic fault lines that dominate our approach to military politics and diplomacy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Seth Kaplan discusses fostering renewable energy, working for climate protection, and reducing the environmental impact of fossil fuel power plants. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Sister Helen Prejean discusses her life, her work as a spiritual advisor to death row inmates, and why she continues to fight to end capital punishment. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Mrs. Gallagher argues that the only way to resolve the gay marriage debate is to deepen and enrich understandings of marriage as a social and legal institution. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Three lawyers currently defending prisoners in Guantanamo Bay talk about who the detainees are and why the US continues to hold them. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Steven and Paul Kendrick read from their book Sarah's Long Walk and reflect on how the Sarah Roberts decision of 1847 changed the course of US race relations. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Arbour and survivors of genocide discuss accountability and justice for genocide survivors and victims and challenges for international justice today. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Terry S. Lane leads a discussion among prominent members of the MA public safety and justice communities on public attitudes towards crime and punishment. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Experts in digital rights management discuss the challenges of a "digital commons" when recent extensions of copyright threaten creativity and the free exchange of ideas. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Howie Carr talks unabashedly about the relationships between politics, law enforcement, and crime in Boston from 1950 to the present. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Members of the criminal justice system and community groups discuss the fairness and effectiveness of the Criminal Offender Record Information system. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Harvard Graduate School of Education celebrates the 40th anniversary of ESEA with a look at how the act is connected to recent initiatives like the No Child Left Behind Act. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Weitekamp discusses his work in restorative justice, a value-based approach that emphasizes transforming wrongdoing by healing the harm created by harmful behavior. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Schorow explores one of Boston's most famous and catastrophic fires, the 1942 burning of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, and its impact on Boston firefighting. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
This legal expert discusses intellectual and technology law as it relates to electronic commerce, privacy issues, and governance. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
The Museum commemorates the Brown decision at the Abiel Smith School, a focus of the first school desegregation case in the US, Roberts v. City of Boston in 1850. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Jeff Pokorak and others engaged with the juvenile justice system, discuss the frightening complications involved in the cases of immigrant offenders. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
A group of doctors reveal how physicians curtail or stop services, move out of state, or retire early, in order to avoid astronomical professional liability insurance. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Ogletree and Hylton debate the issue of reparations for slavery in view of the disadvantages experienced by modern plaintiffs. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Mary Bonauto moderates this first public discussion on the issue of Gay Marriage with three of the plaintiff couples in the Goodridge case. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Sarah Weddington, who, at age 26, successfully argued Roe v. Wade before the US Supreme Court, speaks on issues of policy and leadership. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe describes capital punishment as an ethical, compassionate, and practical response to murder. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Jim Beauchesne examines the importance of this 1912 strike of textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts to American labor history. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Eli C. Bortman discusses the fascinating murder trial of Niccola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti that still causes controversy today. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Bruce Watson recaps the gripping story of these two Italian anarchists on the 80th anniversary of their controversial trial, and shares new details found in the Boston Public Library archives. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Jim Beauchesne examines the importance of this 1912 strike of textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts to American labor history. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Desmond Tutu, Justice Margaret Marshall and Justice Richard Goldstone examine the long road toward freedom and justice in South Africa. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Bruce Watson recaps the gripping story of these two Italian anarchists on the 80th anniversary of their controversial trial, and shares new details found in the Boston Public Library archives. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
A panel of experts discusses internet censorship in China, exploring the collision between new technology and the national interests of the most populous country. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Mrs. Gallagher argues that the only way to resolve the gay marriage debate is to deepen and enrich understandings of marriage as a social and legal institution. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Arbour and survivors of genocide discuss accountability and justice for genocide survivors and victims and challenges for international justice today. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Harvard Graduate School of Education celebrates the 40th anniversary of ESEA with a look at how the act is connected to recent initiatives like the No Child Left Behind Act. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe describes capital punishment as an ethical, compassionate, and practical response to murder. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Alan M. Dershowitz and others explore how the issues which were part of the 19th century French trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus still reverberate today. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
