Talking to Strangers
January 17, 2011 Monday AT 3PM CT

 
 

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day we take this moment to reflect on the state of our democracy. How do we interact as citizens? How often do we have positive interactions with political adversaries? And how are young people getting involved in politics today?



Guest
  • Danielle S. Allen, UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and author of the book Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown vs. Board of Education
  • Cathy Cohen, David and Mary Winton Green Professor in Political Science at the University of Chicago and author of Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics
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