Date: Thursday, September 23 Time: 12–1 p.m. ET
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Twenty years after 9/11 and in the wake of the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, learn what’s lost, what’s won, and what threatens us now. As America comes to terms with new domestic political realities and a changed geopolitical landscape, how do we strengthen and protect our civil liberties while fighting terrorism and maintaining a peaceful international order? What are the most pressing threats we face, both domestically and internationally, and how can the U.S. government deal with them without eroding our freedoms even more than the War on Terror already has?

Speakers: Spencer Ackerman, Contributing Editor, Daily Beast, Publisher, Forever Wars newsletter on Substack; Author, Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump; Jane Harman, President Emerita, Wilson Center, Former Member of Congress (D-CA 36th District), Author, Insanity Defense: Why Our Failure to Confront Hard National Security Problems Makes Us Less Safe; Faiza Patel, Co-director, Brennan Center Liberty & National Security Program; Elizabeth Shackelford, Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Former Foreign Service Officer, Department of State, Author, The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age; Moderator: John Avlon, Senior Political Analyst, CNN

Date: Tuesday, September 21 Time: 5:30–6:30 p.m. ET
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Who wrote the Constitution? That's obvious, we think: 55 men in Philadelphia in 1787. But much of the Constitution was actually written later, in a series of 27 amendments enacted over the course of two centuries. Join the Brennan Center’s Wilfred Codrington and John Kowal as they discuss their new book, The People’s Constitution: 200 Years, 27 Amendments, and the Promise of a More Perfect Union.

Speakers: Wilfred Codrington, Fellow, Brennan Center; Co-author, The People’s Constitution: 200 Years, 27 Amendments, and the Promise of a More Perfect Union; John Kowal, Vice President of Programs, Brennan Center; Co-author, The People’s Constitution: 200 Years, 27 Amendments, and the Promise of a More Perfect Union; Moderator: Ari Berman, Senior Reporter, Mother Jones, Author, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America

Date: Wednesday, October 6 Time: 7–8 p.m. ET, 6–7 p.m. CT
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Join Keisha N. Blain in conversation with Donna Brazile for the launch of Blain’s new book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America.

Hamer, who came to political activism in mid-life after a forced sterilization, was a relentless advocate for voting rights for Black Americans and against white supremacy. Award-winning historian and New York Times bestselling author Blain shines a light on Hamer’s life, ideas, and political strategies, situating her as a key political thinker of the civil rights movement, alongside Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, John Lewis, and Rosa Parks.

Speakers: Keisha N. Blain, Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh, Author, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America; Donna Brazile, Veteran Political Strategist, Former Interim Chair, Democratic National Committee

Date: Wednesday, November 10 Time: 6–7 p.m. ET
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The congressman who led the first impeachment of Donald Trump offers an inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour — and a warning that the forces of autocracy released by Trump remain as potent as ever. In his new book, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) argues that the Trump presidency has so weakened our institutions and compromised the Republican Party that the peril will last for years.

Speakers: Rep. Adam Schiff, D-CA 28th District; Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Author, Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could; Moderator: Michael Waldman, President, Brennan Center