The University of Chicago Institute of Politics

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1	2 French \| From Monteagle Mountain to Manhattan: That’s Me Sunkara \| Class Politics After Dealignment: Why I Built a Magazine	3 Careers in AI Workshop Franchetti \| Military = Soft Power? You Bet. I Was Part of It Why I Quit: When Your Dream Job Goes Against Your Moral Compass	4 Militarized AI, High-Risk Systems, and the Ethics of Deployment: A Conversation with Liz O'Sullivan Fields \| The MAGA Realignment: Why the GOP Is Winning the Working Class & Beyond Vadhan \| Finding Your Way Into Public Service	5 Zarivna \| The Fourth Republic	6 Pilsen Against ICE: Local Activism in Chicago Neighborhoods 50 Shades of Girlboss: How to become the person you want to be in public service	7
8	9 Sunkara \| Why Are Socialists in the Democratic Party? The US Has Left the Group Chat: New World Alliances	10 Franchetti \| The Boxing Day Tsunami: Tragedy & Opportunity	11 Fields \| Florida Man: From Swing State to GOP Fortress Vadhan \| Campaigns 101: The Nuts & Bolts	12 Zarivna \| The Battlefield Today: War Through the Eyes of the Military Open Seat in Illinois Round Two: U.S. Senate Select Republican & Democratic Candidate Debate	13 Quantum Policy Trek	14
15	16	17 AI in Healthcare: Breakthrough, Band-Aid or Existential Threat? Franchetti \| Tragedy Leads to “Pacific Partnership”	18 Fields \| Behind the Curtain: Guiding a Presidential Nominee Through the Confirmation Gauntlet Vadhan \| Inside the West Wing: What Does a Bodyperson Do?	19 Zarivna \| Negotiations in Real Time: Security Guarantees & Peace Unfinished Business: MLK, Chicago, and the Fight for Fair Housing	20	21
22	23 French \| Why You Don’t Have Friends Sunkara \| Why Bernie Talks About Sweden So Much Dialogue Dinner with Opal Vadhan	24 Franchetti \| A Behind the Scenes Look at Enabling Diplomacy, Development & Democracy in Africa	25 Fields \| Trump Speed: The Blitz – Executive Actions & the Sea of Changes Vadhan \| Social Media in Politics: Meeting People Where They Are	26 Zarivna \| Media, Civil Society & Accountability During Wartime: Mindichgate & Its Consequences	27 In the Crosshairs: Media, Crisis, and Local Government (Practitioners in Residence)	28