Webcast Archives

Rev. Gabriel Salguero, Founder and President of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NALEC), explains the religious and political diversity among Latinos.

Matt Nelson is Executive Director of Presente.org, the nation's largest online Latinx organizing group dedicated to advancing social justice with technology, media, and culture.

This lecture kicks off with Professor Jayaraman's discussion of "astroturf" social movements and the growing battle around California's Ballot Propositions 15 and 22.

Zachary Norris is the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, author of We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities, and co-founder of Restore Oakland, a community advocacy and training center that will empower Bay Area community members to transform local economic and justice systems and make a safe and secure future possible for themselves and for their families.

Chrissie Castro, Diné and Chicana, is the Chairperson of the Los Angeles City County Native American Indian Commission, and co-led the change to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in the City and County of Los Angeles.

This lecture opens with the breaking news of Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis and the super spreader event that broke out in the White House last week.

This lecture features Rashad Robinson, the President of Color Of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization.

This lecture takes on the question of why we have only two political parties in the United States and how the two party system shapes our politics.

This lecture takes up the question of neoliberalism, income inequality and low wage workers.

Today we explore the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the consequences her death may have for election 2020.

Today we take up the question of racial classification and the 2020 census with professor Michael Omi.

The principle question for this presentation is what is "race" and how does it shape our politics?

"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal." As look at the history of American democracy, we begin with the nation's founding contradiction: the dispossession of Natives, the enslavement of Africans and the exclusion of women in a new nation dedicated to the radical concept of universal human equality.

Aimee Allison is founder and president of She the People, a national network elevating the voice and power of women of color.

Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner and U.S. Representative Barbara Lee speak from the heart about how the Black Church has helped to build African American electoral power.

Women who are elected to Congress perform better, on average, than their male counterparts, according to research conducted by political scientist Sarah Anzia. They secure more federal funding for their districts, sponsor or co-sponsor more legislation and are seen as more collaborative with fellow members. But why are there so few in Congress? In many cases, it's just about being asked.

With the US's commitment to the Paris Agreement in question and the future of federal climate change policy unclear, what steps should California take to remain at the forefront of climate action policy? UC Berkeley's Meredith Fowlie, Sol Hsiang, and Carol Zabin join in a discussion moderated by CEPP's Ned Helme about California's policy options given potential conflicts with the Trump administration on issues of climate change and the environment. 

Economist Robert Reich, the Clinton-era Labor Secretary and prominent Democratic pundit, gives a rousing talk on how the intersection of politics and economics led to the rise of Donald Trump and describes the concerns he shares with Republicans who fear that Trump's way of governing is harming American institutions. 

Dorothy Robyn (MPP '78, PhD '83), now an independent analyst, shares tales of her time in government overseeing energy and environmental budget issues on military bases, participating in a public/private partnership with Ivanka Trump that converted Washington's Old Post Office Pavilion into a hotel, and preventing a life-saving satellite system from being destroyed, a feat most recently recounted in Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story.

Holly Harvey's (MPP '86) passion for her work is infectious as she describes how she and her colleagues at the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimate the expense of legislative proposals so that lawmakers will understand just how much their ideas will cost American taxpayers.

Garance Burke (MPP '05), an investigative reporter with the Associated Press, recounts her most impactful work of 2016, including coverage of Donald Trump's crude behavior on the set of "The Apprentice" and the abuse of Central American migrant children in California. She also describes the value of using big data in journalism and AP's new partnership with Facebook aimed at debunking fake news.

Messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio (MPP '05), author of Don't Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense About the Economy, describes how to best influence public opinion with civil rights attorney Jonathan Stein (MPP/JD '13).

Stan Collender (MPP '76), author and professional commentator on the federal budget, brings his sense of humor to explain Washington's dysfunction on the budget process and speculates how this might change under a Trump administration. 

As the contentious 2016 election season heads into its final weeks, California Live! speakers from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley delve into the impact of race, gender and income inequality on the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. 

Bill Whalen of the Hoover Institution joins Lisa García Bedolla and Henry E. Brady of UC Berkeley for an insightful look at what's ahead for the American body politic in this event sponsored by GSPP's Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement (CCDE).

Robert Birgeneau and Henry Brady discuss the specific actions that public and private sectors need to take to ensure excellence in public universities.

Professor David Kirp discusses the ongoing election campaign and gives some insights to what is happening behind the scenes in a US presidential race. 

After a surprise appointment to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2007, Carmen Chu found that she could accomplish a great deal in local government. She ran successfully for two more terms and then moved on to become San Francisco City and County's Assessor-Recorder, an office to which she was re-elected in 2014 with 98 percent of the vote. Chu talks here with Jonathan Stein about the influences that prepared her for public life, including pursuing her master's degree from the Goldman School of Public Policy.

Graduate student Kurston Cook explains how to engage young people in the political process and get them to show up on Election Day in this conversation with Henry E. Brady, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.

Graduate student Charlotte Hill is taking a year off from the Goldman School of Public Policy to work for Represent.Us, a non-profit group organized to pass tough laws banning political corruption in cities and states across America.

Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, reveals how power and influence have created a new American oligarchy, a shrinking middle class, and the greatest income inequality and wealth disparity in 80 years. Citing his latest book, Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, Professor Reich lays out what he argues must be done to restore democracy and rebuild the US economy. 

Dr. Rucker Johnson will present his work entitled, The Grandchildren of Brown: The Long Legacy of School Desegregation, on November 12, 2015 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Center City. His presentation will detail the long-run impacts of school desegregation on educational quality and adult attainments, the long-run effects of Head Start, desegregated schools as a vehicle to intergenerational mobility, educational consequences of the end of court-ordered desegregation, and much more. The community will have the opportunity to discuss these and other topics as they relate to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and the design of a new pupil assignment plan in 2016.

Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, in conversation with Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, about inequality and the future of progressivism in America.

Barney Frank, the 16-term former Congressman from Massachusetts, joins Alex Gelber and Henry E. Brady for a no-holds-barred review of his feats (and colleagues) on Capitol Hill. 

The 114th Congress convenes in 2015 with just one fifth of the 535 House and Senate seats being filled by women -- a fact that causes UC Berkeley public policy graduate student Suzanne Merkelson to question whether half of the US population is being adequately represented on Capitol Hill.

A discussion of the revolutionary advances in brain degeneration, focusing on federal and business support for developing drugs to prevent and treat neurodegenerative diseases, e.g. Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s diseases, in athletes, combatants and the elderly.

Begun in 2009, the Tea Party movement is generally recognized as fiscally conservative, antigovernment, and a strict interpreter of the U.S. Constitution. The platform is resonating with many Americans. Hear a stellar lineup of panelists discuss how the Tea Party fits into the history of populist movements in American politics, how it may evolve and the long-term impact, and how we can promote civil discourse amid ideological differences.

Panelists discuss polarization, civility, public participation and the opportunity for meaningful policy initiatives at the local, state, and federal level. Join Dean Henry E. Brady, the Honorable Roger E. Dickinson (BA ’73, JD ’76 UCLA) and Professor Paul Pierson, with Q & A moderated by Richard “Dick” Beahrs (BA ’68).

Peter D. Hart is one of the leading analysts of public opinion in the United States. Since 1971, he has been chairman of Peter D. Hart Research Associates.