You can order a copy of Prisoner Reentry in the 21st Century: Critical Perspectives of Returning Home with at a specially discounted price (20% off) exclusively from... Read more
FDR’s Black Cabinet in Retrospect: A Conversation with Descendants of Roosevelt’s African American Advisors
February 22, 2021
Roosevelt House is proud to present a special live Zoom discussion about the advisory group of African American federal officials who served during the Roosevelt administration—unofficially known as the Black Cabinet. This follows the... Read more
Audre Lorde Now Series Presents: My Words Will be There
February 18, 2021
Hunter College’s Community Read of Sister Outsider and other works Presents:... Read more
Remembering Mayor David N. Dinkins: The Lessons and the Legacy
February 18, 2021 
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Roosevelt House is pleased and honored to present... Read more
“Lincoln: Divided We Stand” Previewing The New CNN Original Series — A Discussion With The Experts
February 12, 2021 VIDEO
Marking Abraham Lincoln’s... Read more
Global Launch Event of The Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era
February 11, 2021
The Lancet Commission on public policy and health in the Trump era is the first comprehensive assessment of the health effects of President Trump’s policies. Led by 33 leading experts from the US, UK and Canada, the Commission was... Read more
Dr. William A. Haseltine — My Lifelong Fight Against Disease: From Polio and AIDS to COVID-19
January 21, 2021 VIDEO
You can order a copy of My Lifelong Fight Against Disease: From Polio and AIDS to COVID-19 with an autographed bookplate exclusively from ... Read more
[Students Only] Speaking of Justice — After the Capitol Siege: Exploring History, Law, and Justice
January 11, 2021
Hunter Students, join us on Monday, January 11 at 6pm (EST) on Zoom for our series Speaking of Justice: Race, Racism, and Reform — After the Capitol Siege: Exploring History, Law, and Justice
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John A. Riggs — High Tension: FDR’s Battle to Power America
December 17, 2020 VIDEO
You can order a copy of High Tension: FDR’s Battle to Power America with an autographed bookplate exclusively from ... Read more
The Human Rights Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College presents:
Virtual Meeting Platforms: Government Control and Corporate Compliance
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, social... Read more
Food Insecurity During COVID 19: Policy Lessons and Challenges
December 2, 2020
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81978153782
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the depths of chronic food insecurity in New York City. Countless... Read more
Jonathan Alter — His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
November 23, 2020 VIDEO
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Those who RSVP will receive a reminder to join shortly... Read more
Zachary Shirkey — American Dove: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Failure of Force
November 19, 2020 VIDEO
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Those who RSVP will receive a... Read more
Catherine Grace Katz — The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans – A Story of Love and War
November 12, 2020 VIDEO
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Those who RSVP will receive a reminder to join shortly before the... Read more
Speaking of Justice — Election 2020. Who has the answers? Students ask the questions.
November 2, 2020
Join us on Monday, November 2 at 6:30pm (EST) on Zoom for our series Speaking of Justice: Race, Racism, and Reform — ELECTION 2020. Who has the answers? Students ask the questions.
A Roosevelt House Dialogue with Hunter... Read more
David E. Sanger and John Maggio — The Perfect Weapon
October 29, 2020 VIDEO
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Those who RSVP will receive a reminder to join shortly before the program... Read more
Politics, Partisanship, and the 2020 Elections: Fresh Perspectives from Hunter’s Political Science Department
October 27, 2020 VIDEO
This November marks the 59th presidential election in the United States. It has been, as commentators often say, “unprecedented.” Indeed, there have been—and surely will continue to be—newsworthy fireworks. Some are... Read more
U. S. Senator Sherrod Brown — Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America
October 22, 2020 VIDEO
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Climate Change and Cultural Extinction: A Human Rights Crisis
October 21, 2020 VIDEO
The United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and the Human Rights Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College present
Climate Change and Cultural Extinction: A Human Rights... Read more
Charles A. Kupchan — Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself from the World
October 14, 2020 VIDEO
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Those who RSVP will... Read more
Election 2020: Insights on Activism from Gen Z
October 14, 2020 VIDEO
Born after 1996, Gen Z is the most racially diverse and digitally connected generation in the U.S., and its members’ formative years have been defined by recession, mass shootings, climate crisis, and war. Now, as the 2020 election approaches... Read more
The 2020 Jack Newfield Lecture — Celebrating the Publication of Wayne Barrett’s Without Compromise: The Brave Journalism that First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the American Epidemic of Corruption
October 8, 2020 VIDEO
Please join us for a new online public program via Zoom
Roosevelt House is Pleased to Present:
The 2020 Jack Newfield Lecture — Celebrating the publication of Wayne... Read more
David Michaelis — Eleanor: A Biography
October 7, 2020 VIDEO
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... Read more
Speaking of Justice — Policing: Reform, Defund, or Abolish?
October 1, 2020 VIDEO
Join us on Thursday, October 1 at 6:30pm (EDT) on Zoom for our series Speaking of Justice: Race, Racism, and Reform — Policing: Reform, Defund, or Abolish?
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John Nichols — The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace’s Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics
September 22, 2020 VIDEO
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Chris Whipple — The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
September 17, 2020 VIDEO
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Hunter at Home — The Presidents Vs. The Press: From the Founding Fathers to Fake News
September 1, 2020
Join us as Harold Holzer, Jonathan F. Fanton Director of The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, and John Avlon, Senior Political Analyst for CNN, dive into Holzer’s... Read more
Jill Watts — The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt
August 10, 2020 VIDEO
Roosevelt House presents a live Zoom discussion of the new book The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt by Jill Watts. The author tells the story of a generation... Read more
Join us on Thursday, August 6 at 6:30pm (EDT) on Zoom for our series Speaking of Justice: Race, Racism, and Reform — Code Switching: Style, Expression, or Survival?
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Join us on Thursday, July 30 at 6:30pm (EDT) on Zoom for our new series Speaking of Justice: Race, Racism, and Reform — Hunter Alumni Advancing Racial Equity
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Public Programs at Roosevelt House are free to the public and open with advance registration, made possible through the support of the Charina Endowment Fund and other generous donors.
