Adriana Piatti-Crocker

Jun 6, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Adriana Piatti-Crocker |Teresa Ghilarducci |Rick McGahey |Nicole Hemmer

Claudia Sheinbaum, then head of government of Mexico City, in a meeting in the Tláhuac town hall (October 23, 2021) | Octavio Hoyos / ShutterstockMexico has just elected its first woman president and the race was between two women: Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez. What readers in the United States may not realize is that this election was not just an unplanned all-women race for the top executive job, but the result of well-designed women-friendly policy.

Dec 20, 2023 | publicseminar.org | Adriana Piatti-Crocker

Javier Milei, head and hair. Wikimedia / public domainRecent and upcoming presidential elections suggest a surge in right-wing populism worldwide. And it appears president elect of Argentina, Javier Milei; the next prime minister of the Netherlands, Geert Wilders; and former U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson have something else in common with former U.S. president and likely 2024 candidate Donald Trump. These leaders are known for using big hair to volumize their bad ideas.