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Hilary Hoynes, Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities at UC Berkeley, visited Stanford University on January 21, 2016 to speak about "The Role of SNAP in the U.S. Social Safety Net: Assessing effects on poverty, food insecurity and health." Professor Hoynes' lecture was part of the Food and Nutrition Policy Symposium Series sponsored by Stanford University's Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE). FSE director Rosamond Naylor interviewed Professor Hoynes prior to her public lecture.

Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, reveals how power and influence have created a new American oligarchy, a shrinking middle class, and the greatest income inequality and wealth disparity in 80 years. Citing his latest book, Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, Professor Reich lays out what he argues must be done to restore democracy and rebuild the US economy. 

Dr. Rucker Johnson will present his work entitled, The Grandchildren of Brown: The Long Legacy of School Desegregation, on November 12, 2015 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Center City. His presentation will detail the long-run impacts of school desegregation on educational quality and adult attainments, the long-run effects of Head Start, desegregated schools as a vehicle to intergenerational mobility, educational consequences of the end of court-ordered desegregation, and much more. The community will have the opportunity to discuss these and other topics as they relate to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and the design of a new pupil assignment plan in 2016.

Panelists adress the growing problem of student debt through their unique perspectives as a U.S. Congressman, a U.C. Berkeley administrator, an academic and a student financial aid recipient.