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As part of the 2020 National Book Festival from the U.S. Library of Congress, Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis (Little, Brown), appears in conversation with James A. Robinson, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies and the Fate of Liberty (Penguin), moderated by the executive director of Zócalo Public Square, Moira Shourie.

In early June, following city-wide actions spurred by the police killing of George Floyd, Chicago Public Schools announced that they would pause their meal distribution network. In response, a number of people-powered efforts sprouted across Chicago to provide food and other supplies. How did our guests sustain their efforts? What did they learn along the way? And how can you put those lessons to use if you are considering starting your own mutual aid project?

Sneaker collections? Fishing? Learn more about Assistant Professor Austin Wright and his research in our quarantine edition of 20ish Questions from Harris Public Policy.

In this "10-Minute Talk" with the British Academy, Pearson Faculty Affiliate Richard English asks four questions about religion and terrorism: Should religion be seen as a cause for terroristic violence or a restraining influence upon it? Is religious terrorism an existential threat? Is religious terrorism something new? And should religion, in terms of its influence on terrorism, be seen as something which is a detachable part of that mixture?

James A. Robinson delivers the keynote lecture of the Latin American Network in Economic HistOry and Political Economy, LANE HOPE.