The Long-Term Impact of Trump’s Immigration Policies

Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy 6100 Main Street, Houston

Join us for a discussion on the broad consequences of large-scale deportation, and effects on the economy, demographics, and mental health.The Trump administration's immigration policy is having sweeping impacts on the U.S. economy, society, and demographic outlook. From January to July 2025, more than 1.2 million immigrants left the workforce, leaving employers facing labor shortages […]

Grad Student Workshop: Constraints on Democratic Imaginations

Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics 133 South 36th Street, Suite 250, the Forum, Philadelphia

Examining how political thought, education, and discourse shape—and often constrain—the horizons of democratic possibility.This session examines how political thought, education, and discourse shape—and often constrain—the horizons of democratic possibility. Presenters interrogate the historical and intellectual boundaries that define what counts as “democratic” imagination, tracing how systems of knowledge, power, and pedagogy both enable and limit […]

The Demise of Democracy? Lessons from Ancient Athens

Can modern democracy avoid Athens’ fate? Join Prof. Maggidis for insights on ideology, pathology, and history’s warnings.About the Lecture:"Our democracy is getting self-destroyed, for it abused the rights of freedom and of equality; for it taught the citizens to regard insolence as a right, illegality as freedom, impertinence as equality, and anarchy as happiness." Isocrates, […]

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