In this collaboration between Think and The Texas Newsroom, we’ll explore why Congress has been unwilling to create legislation that addresses DACA, share the stories of DACA recipients as they go about their lives unable to plan for their futures, and talk to Janet Napolitano, who initiated the program as President Obama’s Homeland Security secretary.
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Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, joins us to talk about how our higher education system contributes to inequality.
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Rebecca Winthrop, joins us to argue that, without teaching the fundamentals of how our government works, we’ll never convince people to get out the vote.
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David Kamp joins us to talk about the age of children’s television with programs about multiculturalism, literacy, and lessons in kindness — often given by a giant yellow bird.
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Paul Quinn College president Michael J. Sorrell joins us to talk about how COVID-19 complicates the way institutions of higher learning welcome back their students and staff.
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Alyssa Westring, associate professor and DePaul Presidential Fellow in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, joins us to talk about managing family life in this current time of upheaval.
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This hour, we’ll talk about affordability, accessibility, and attrition problems when it comes to attending universities and look at whether free college is a viable option to solve these problems.
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Journalist and author Karen Blumenthal joins us to talk about writing a comprehensive look at reproductive rights for ages 12 and up.
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Peggy Orenstein joins us to talk about the ways boys and young men struggle with mixed messages about sex – and about how they, like girls, need help building relationships that move beyond the physical.
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Dana Goldstein, a national correspondent for The New York Times, joins us to talk about how a comparison of history textbooks from two states highlights how each state frames history to fit its political climate.
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Matt Parker, host of Science Channel’s “Outrageous Acts of Science,” joins us to talk about the everyday math constantly happening all around us.
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Ian Robertson, T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Scientist and co-Leader of The BrainHealth Project, talks to us about how adversity can steer us toward success.
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