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Human rights are fragile — yet critical to our future

Professor Pildes is the Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law, an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Law Institute, as well as a Guggenheim and Carnegie fellow. He served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court and has successfully argued voting rights cases before the Court and numerous federal courts of appeals. President Biden recently appointed Professor Pildes to the President’s

16th James S. Palmer Lecture Series to feature Richard H. Pildes, internationally recognized legal expert on democracy

On March 9, Dr. Sigal R. Ben-Porath will discuss the responsibility learning institutions bear in bolstering free speech while also responding to extreme and exclusionary speech

How universities can foster free speech and inclusion in post-secondary education

Everything I Know About Democracy, I Learned in Elementary School

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Everything I Know About Democracy, I Learned in Elementary School

Despite pandemic and rising tensions, reconciliation must continue

Attendees at the women’s March on Edmonton, Alta on Jan. 21, 2017

Grassroots activists must consider the personal costs of digital campaigns

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Maxime Bernier either doesn’t know or doesn’t care that immigrants have a positive impact on the economy

How to encourage voters

How to encourage the occasional voter to cast a ballot

Professor to give keynote address to international human rights conference

Board of Governors passes partisan political activities policy