Policing Reform: A Conversation With Two State Attorneys General Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost join for a bipartisan discussion on the role of state attorneys general in addressing policing reform, protests, and other constitutional challenges facing their states today. National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen moderates. Listen > The Battle for the Constitution Part Two: Coronavirus The Center recently hosted a symposium of contributors to The Battle for the Constitution website—a joint project with The Atlantic featuring essays on current constitutional issues. Part two—a conversation on the constitutional issues created by the coronavirus crisis—features scholars Deborah Pearlstein, Polly Price, and Adam White in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen. Listen > Watch >

Gerald Ford's Unique Role in American History by Scott Bomboy Read > How Philadelphia Lost the Nation's Capital to Washington by NCC staff Read >

July 19 is the anniversary of the start of the Seneca Falls Convention, the 1848 women's rights convention that helped further the movement that eventually led to women’s suffrage. Listen to the We the People podcast episode below to learn more about Seneca Falls and register for The Right to Vote: A Constitutional History program on Monday—a discussion of what the original Constitution said about the right to vote, how it changed, and why—in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment. From the National Constitution Center: Register for our America's Town Hall program The Right to Vote: A Constitutional History to watch live via Zoom and ask your constitutional questions in the Q&A The Constitutional Legacy of Seneca Falls episode of We the People

The 15th Amendment "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude..." Read Interpretations on the Interactive Constitution >

Read > the roundup of this week's articles on The Battle for the Constitution—a partnership with The Atlantic that explores constitutional debates in American life.

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