The final mayoral debate between incumbent Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Jackie Biskupski. The debate was held in the Nancy Tessman Auditorium at the Downtown Salt Lake City Library on October 28th, 2015.
A panel discussion on how to navigate the changes to Utah’s political election system since SB-54 and the Count My Vote initiative. Panelists include Taylor Morgan, Executive Director of Count My Vote; Justin Lee, the Deputy Director of Elections in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; and moderator Lindsay Zizumbo of Real Women Run. This…
Mychal Denzel Smith Topic: Race & Policing Mychal Denzel Smith is a contributing writer for The Nation. His work on race, politics, social justice, pop culture, hip hop, mental health, feminism, and black male identity has appeared in various publications, including The Guardian, Ebony, The Grio, The Root, Huffington Post, Feministing, and GOOD. Follow him…
Zoë Carpenter Topic: Librarians vs. the NSA Zoë Carpenter is The Nation’s Assistant Washington Editor. She has written for Rolling Stone, Guernica, and the Poughkeepsie Journal, and has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and other media outlets. She is one half of the band Tillamook Burn and graduated from Vassar College with a degree in writing…
John Nichols Topic: Money in PoliticsJohn Nichols writes about politics for The Nation as its Washington correspondent. He is a contributing writer for The Progressive and In These Times and is the associate editor of The Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Chicago…
Ari Berman Topic: Voting Rights Ari Berman, a contributing writer for The Nation, has written extensively about American politics, foreign policy, and the intersection of money and politics. His stories have also appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian, and he is a frequent guest and political commentator on MSNBC, C-Span…
Katha Pollitt Topic: Reproductive Rights Katha Pollitt is well known for her wit and her keen sense of both the ridiculous and the sublime. Her award-winning “Subject to Debate” column appears every other week in The Nation. The Washington Post called her column “the best place to go for original thinking on the left,” and…
George Zornick Topic: The 2016 Presidential Race George Zornick is The Nation’s Washington Editor. He grew up in Buffalo, NY and holds a B.A. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Prior to joining The Nation, George was Senior Reporter/Blogger for ThinkProgress.org. He worked as a researcher for Michael Moore’s Sicko…
Mark Hertsgaard Topic: The Environment Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation’s environment correspondent, is an independent journalist and the author of six books that have been translated into 16 languages, including HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth. For twenty years, Hertsgaard has written about global warming for outlets including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair,…
The five candidates for Salt Lake City mayor square-off in an hour-long debate on Thursday, July 16, 2015. Incumbent Ralph Becker went on the defensive as he faced criticism from challengers Jackie Biskupski, George Chapman, Luke Garrott, and Dave Robinson. The event was moderated by the Salt Lake Tribune’s Jennifer Napier-Pearce and broadcast live online…
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