Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Time: 12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m. ET
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It’s a period of historic inequality in the United States — and the wealthiest Americans have taken steps that will worsen the trend. In 2017, for example, Republicans passed a massive tax plan that further tilted the economy in favor of the wealthy. In their new book, Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer, Morris Pearl, Chair, Patriotic Millionaires, former managing director, BlackRock, and Erica Payne, Founder, President, Patriotic Millionaires, explain how the tax code has been structured to exacerbate both economic and political inequality. In conversation with the Roosevelt Institute’s Kyle Strickland, they will discuss how the tax code harms working people, how reforms can create a fairer economy, and the implications for American democracy.

This event is produced in partnership with the Roosevelt Institute.

Speakers: Morris Pearl, Coauthor, Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer, Chair, Patriotic Millionaires, former managing director, BlackRock; Erica Payne, Coauthor, Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer, Founder, President, Patriotic Millionaires; Moderator: Kyle Strickland, Deputy Director, Race and Democracy, Roosevelt Institute

Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Time: 12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m. ET
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Donald Trump’s legacy will live on for decades through the three justices he appointed to the Supreme Court. How will these justices use their power? In his new book, The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America, Ian Millhiser, a lawyer, senior Vox correspondent, and former law clerk in the federal appellate court system presents an unflinching view of an increasingly partisan court. In conversation with the New Republic’s Osita Nwanevu, Millhiser will discuss how the Court will shape the very nature of American government, redefining who gets to have legal rights, who is beyond the reach of the law, and who chooses the people who make our laws.

This event is produced in partnership with New York University's John Brademas Center.

Speakers: Ian Millhiser, Author, The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court Is Reshaping America, Senior Correspondent, Vox; Osita Nwanevu, Staff Writer, New Republic

Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Time: 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. ET
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The immigration policies of the last four years have elicited tremendous political controversy. When President Trump barred people from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, separated migrant children from their families, and declared a national emergency to fund construction of his border wall, his administration’s actions provoked congressional opposition and public revulsion.

But the roots of presidential power over immigration law are deep and the controversy longstanding. Today, as the debate over reform rages on, understanding the source of the president's power has never been more urgent.

In their recent book, The President and Immigration Law, Professors Adam B. Cox of NYU School of Law and Cristina M. Rodríguez of Yale Law School show how we got to this present moment. Presidents have been given broad authority over immigration by Congress. But today, in a world where half of all noncitizens live in violation of the law and enforcement dominates immigration policymaking, the president’s power has never been greater. That power to decide who America lets in—and who gets kicked out—poses serious challenges to the rule of law and highlights the need for radical, legislative reform.

Cox and Rodríguez will join Cecilia Muñoz, former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Obama, for a conversation on the road ahead for immigration policy and reform. What are the most pressing challenges lawmakers must grapple with? How much power should the executive branch have over enforcement? And what chance does a reform package stand of passing the Congress?

This event is produced in partnership with New York University's John Brademas Center.

Speakers: Adam B. Cox, Robert A. Kindler Professor of Law, New York University Law School, Author, The President and Immigration Law; Cristina M. Rodríguez, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School, Author, The President and Immigration Law; Moderator: Cecilia Muñoz, former Director, White House Domestic Policy Council under President Obama

Date: Thursday, May 6, 2021 Time: 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. ET
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Join us for a multi-part program on the critical topic of fair and impartial courts. We begin with a brief primer on the role of the judicial branch created by the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) and the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ). The second half of the hour will bring into stark relief the many assaults on judicial independence and diversity today.

This event is produced in partnership with the Center for Brooklyn History.

Speakers: Brennan Center Democracy Program Managing Director Alicia Bannon; Brennan Center Democracy Program Fellow and Counsel Patrick Berry; Kathryn Personette, Deputy Director, Campaigns, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center; Moderator: Eric Lesh, Executive Director, The LGBT Bar Association and Foundation of Greater New York (LeGaL)