Hiram José Irizarry Osorio , a Professor of Mediterranean Politics and Politics of the Developing World at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, recently interviewed Benet Salellas, Parliamentary Member (CUP) during the 2015-2017 legislature, about the...
By Hiram José Irizarry Osorio, Ph.D. The political relationship between the central state government in Madrid and the government in Catalonia has always been complex. Still, these political tensions increased during September and October, following...
Elizabeth Alexander of Columbia University is set to speak on 'Total Life is What We Need: Self-determination and Black Arts Collectives' This talk is a part of a new colloquium series launched by the Haas Institute called "Research to Impact."...
Our last newsletter was published just before the 2016 presidential election, a campaign that featured some of the uglier elements of our current American society, including xenophobia, nationalism, and a toxic dose of misogyny.
Haas Institute Senior Fellow Victor Pineda, who heads the organization World Enabled, gives a keynote at the Bioneers Conference on "Radical Inclusion: Cities, Technology and the Power of Inclusive Thinking" on October 20, 2017.
The Oakland Public Library welcomes Haas Institute Senior Fellow Richard Rothstein to discuss, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, on Wednesday, November 29 at 6:00 p.m. In this groundbreaking history of the modern...
The Haas Institute's Post-Election 2016 project is a multi-year initiative to study voting trends, civic engagement and disaffection, and structures of democratic inclusion. The research, led by Senior Fellow Josh Clark, looks at the events and...
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Detroit’s fiscal health is often held up as an exceptional case—in 2014 its bankruptcy was said to be the result of “a terrible and unique set of circumstances.” Now, though, we see Chicago, Seattle, and other cities discussed as the “next Detroit.”
This an executive summary of the report “ Public Health and Well-Being in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit ,” authored by Suparna Bhaskaran, edited by Wendy Ake, and published by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society . Download the executive...
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