Human Rights (Audio)

Human Rights (Audio)

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The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia

Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson examines transgender identity and politics through the lens of American liberalism, arguing that anti-transgender politics cannot be understood by analyzing conservatism alone. She traces the emergence of transgender identity from middl ...  Afficher plus

Chasing Hope in a Time of Crisis with Nicholas Kristof

How do you find hope in a deeply fractured and polarized world? In this timely and powerful conversation, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nicholas Kristof pulls from decades of reporting from global conflict zones and overlooked American communities to bring a deeply human pers ...  Afficher plus

From Sleepy Lagoon to Zoot Suit: The Irreverent Path of Alice McGrath

The Sleepy Lagoon case of 1942 became one of the most racially charged trials in U.S. history. Twenty-two Mexican American youths, mostly teenagers, were tried en masse for the death of José Díaz, though no witness placed them at the scene and the cause of death was never establi ...  Afficher plus

Making a Refuge of Resistance: A History of the U.S. Sanctuary Movement with Lloyd Barba

Is sacred space protective space? This question lies at the heart of the Sanctuary Movement. From the 1980s to the present, this practice has protected undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation by offering them refuge in churches, where federal immigration agents to this day ...  Afficher plus

Personhood: The New War over Reproductive Rights and Justice

What’s next for the battle over abortion? In this lecture, Mary Ziegler argues that undoing Roe v. Wade was never the endpoint for the antiabortion movement. Since the 1960s, the goal has been to secure recognition of fetuses and embryos as persons under the 14th Amendment, makin ...  Afficher plus