Upcoming Events

  • Mike German: Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy

    Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy

    In his new book, Brennan Center fellow and former FBI special agent Michael German details the transformation of the FBI from a law enforcement body into a secretive domestic intelligence agency.

    Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
  • Defending Our Republic: A Conversation with Burt Neuborne

    Defending Our Republic: A Conversation with Burt Neuborne

    Noted civil liberties lawyer Burt Neuborne examines the structure of our constitutional system and its ability to withstand authoritarianism. Thanks to its built-in resilience, he argues, the Constitution will ultimately survive current attempts to dismantle it.

    Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
  • Mike German: Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy

    Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy

    In his new book, Brennan Center fellow and former FBI special agent Michael German details the transformation of the FBI from a law enforcement body into a secretive domestic intelligence agency.

    Monday, September 16, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
  • When Should Law Forgive?: A Conversation with Martha Minow

    When Should Law Forgive?: A Conversation with Martha Minow

    2.3 million people in the United States are behind bars — the highest rate of incarceration in the world. The cause: the U.S. criminal justice system is designed to punish. Martha Minow explores where the law’s tools of forgiveness, amnesties, and pardons might strengthen justice, peace, and democracy.

    Monday, October 7, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
  • Threats to Reproductive Rights in 2019

    Blessed Be the Fruit: Threats to Reproductive Rights in 2019

    So far this year, nine states have passed laws to outlaw abortion or forbid the procedure past a certain point in pregnancy. What policy changes would be most effective in protecting women’s health? To what extent are abortion bans a form of social control? What will happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned?

    Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

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Past Events

  • Preet Bharara and Margaret Hoover

    Preet Bharara in Conversation with Margaret Hoover: Doing Justice

    Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, joins the Brennan Center to discuss his gripping new book, Doing Justice.

    Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

  • A Conversation with Van Jones, Jason Cohen, and Joey Jackson: Premiere of CNN’s "The Redemption Project with Van Jones"

    Van Jones' latest docu-series for CNN, The Redemption Project with Van Jones, provides a rare glimpse into the restorative justice process, connecting victims of a life-altering crime (or their surviving family members) with their offender in the hope of finding answers.

    Monday, April 22, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
  • DemocracyFix

    Caroline Fredrickson on The Democracy Fix

    ACS President Caroline Fredrickson analyzes how the right has seized power at every level of government and then shows how progressives can take government back.

    Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
  • Carnegie Hall Migrations

    The Great Migration - Searching for Freedom, Finding Injustice

    A distinguished panel of experts will discuss the mass movement of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North at the turn of the 20th century, and the ways in which it spurred seismic cultural, economic, and political changes that continue to reverberate today. Moderated by journalist and author Mark Whitaker, author of “Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Black Renaissance.” This event is part of Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: The Making of America festival.

    Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
  • Criminal Justice Reform

    Prosecution in the 21st Century: Transforming the Criminal Justice System

    Journalist Emily Bazelon, author of “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration,” joins a discussion on the growing movement for change in the field of prosecution, moderated by Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Brennan Center Senior Fellow.

    Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
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