The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: October 4 ~ 7, 2017) — Do you have college loan debts? If the answer is yes, then you’re not alone. About seven in 10 graduating college seniors have borrowed for their educations. And an estimated 40 million Americans have school loan debt. Recently Jason Taylor, Assistant Professor…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: September 27 ~ 30, 2017) — It’s generally understood that free speech is a right all Americans enjoy under the First Amendment. But some forms of speech can be threatening, or can raise fear among certain groups of people. At what point can, or should some hateful speech…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: September 20 ~ 23, 2017) —The Hinckley Institute recently hosted a discussion about the sustainable business movement and Benefit corporations. Those are companies legally formed with the purpose not only to earn profits for shareholders, but also achieve socially and environmentally beneficial goals. The panelists included Steve Klass,…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: September 13 ~ 16, 2017) — The Hinckley Institute of Politics recently hosted Shihanna Alazzaz who is one of the first women lawyers to practice in Saudi Arabia. Alazzaz is an advocate for women globally who are facing significant barriers in their professional fields. She spoke about her…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: September 6 ~ 9, 2017) — Richard Kimball is the co-founder of Vote Smart, a non-partisan research organization that works to uphold integrity, truth, and civic culture in America’s political landscape. The group does this by investigating information and funding sources of office-holders and political candidates, and challenging…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air dates: April 19 ~ 22, 2017) — The Hinckley Institute recently hosted a conversation addressing normalization of rape. Because sexual violence and rape happen so often, and is punished so rarely, a growing number of scholars and activists say American society has become desensitized to it, operating under an…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air date: February 8, 2017) —The Hinckley Institute recently hosted a panel addressing systemic racism. The panelists seek to not only explain what systemic racism is, and where it be seen or felt, but what impact it has on our community here locally in Utah, and how it can…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air date: May 3, 2017) — Recently the Tanner Center for Human Rights co-sponsored Renuka Naj to speak at the Hinckley Institute. Naj recently returned from serving a year in Juba, South Sudan, a country that has collapsed into violent civil war. She spoke on February 8, 2017.
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air date: October 1, 2014) – Ian Haney Lopez is a professor of law at the University of California, Berkley, and author of Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals have Wrecked the Middle Class. He examines how race-related language and imagery has been used since the 1960’s Civil…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air date: May 11, 2016) — Recently the Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted two panels on the topic of inequality. The first discussion focused on gender inequality: what it means, what causes it, why it’s a problem, and what can be done about it. This forum was recorded on…
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