Media & Politics

When: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 7:009:00 p.m.
Where: Social Science Research
1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL
Description: Can American Media Be Saved?
Can American Politics Be Fixed?

James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, former speechwriter for President Carter, University of Chicago Vare Writer in Residence.

Rick Perlstein, senior fellow at the Campaign for America's Future, former correspondent for the Village Voice and The New Republic, author of books on Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon.

Thomas Geoghegan, former contributing editor for The New Republic, energy official in the Carter Administration, labor attorney, activist, and recent aspirant to fill the Congressional seat vacated by Rahm Emmanuel.

Wednesday, May 26, 7 p.m. Social Sciences 122

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