Rick McGahey

Oct 23, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Teresa Ghilarducci |Rick McGahey |Trebor Scholz |Govind Srivastav

Auckland Pushes ANZ Bank to Divest | Break Free From Fossil Fuels / CC BY NC SA 2.0I have always loved spring in Chicago. The Loop buzzes with music and awe-struck architecture fans, while the lake fills up with swimmers braving the sun-soaked but icy water. In the evening, the air is just crisp enough for a jacket. But spring nights in 2024 were special. There was magic in the University of Chicago’s Quad, where we sat in the grass surrounded by music, poetry and stories.

Sep 17, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Alexandra Panzarelli |Teresa Ghilarducci |Rick McGahey |Heather Richardson

Caracas, Venezuela, during the Pérez presidency (1989) | Jose Angel Murillo V / ShutterstockHighly charged protests continue to erupt in Venezuela following President Nicolás Maduro’s blatantly forged electoral results at the end of July. The US and 10 Latin American states have rejected Maduro’s unsubstantiated vote certification.

Sep 11, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Julia Sonnevend |Teresa Ghilarducci |Rick McGahey |Heather Richardson

Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary (2014) | European People’s Party / CC BY 2.0When United States president Joe Biden stumbled on the debate stage on June 27, 2024, it wasn’t that he just seemed old, it was that a man who had charmed voters for half a century with his bright smile, kindness, and folksy quips seemed to have vanished. Perhaps, he could go on being president, the reasoning went among panicked Democrats, but he couldn’t win an election.

Jun 24, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Udeepta Chakravarty |Teresa Ghilarducci |Rick McGahey |Nicole Hemmer

Modi supporters in Varanasi, India (April 24, 2014) | arindambanerjee / ShutterstockThe Indian elections have ended, and Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a third term. However, the opposition alliance (“INDIA”) proclaimed the “moral and political defeat” of Modi in these elections. Why? During the election campaign, Modi’s party, the BJP, and his ruling coalition, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), boastfully campaigned that this time they would win more than 400 seats—Ab Ki Baar 400 paar.

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.