COURSES – SPRING 2026 / Contemporary Issues / AMERICAN UPHEAVALS
Coordinators: Michael Wellner, Terri Hicks
Each week’s class will focus on one (or more) different important social and political issues, including the all-important 2024 election, that have a major impact on the state of our country, and its future.
Discussion topics will include the US Constitution, the Supreme Court, changes in news reporting and the media in general, the impact of mobile phones on our children, social and income inequality, our immigration problem, free speech rights, the “woke” culture, our international relations, and, of course, politics.
B WEEK / WEDNESDAY / 10:30 AM-NOON / ROOM 15-17 / RECORDED
| Upheaval in American Values | ||
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| Feb 11 | Terri Hicks | Project 2025 |
| Feb 25 | Emily Mines | Our Declining Birthrates |
| Mar 11 | Terri Hicks | Charlie Kirk and Turning Point |
| Mar 25 | Andy Bata | The Subway (History and development, the inside story) |
| Apr 08 | Wayne Cotter with special guests John Shyer and Michael Barry | Right-Wing Talk Radio and Its effect on the Republican Party and Democracy |
| Apr 29 | Wayne Cotter with special guest Mitch Gennaoui | A first-hand look at the Trump Administration’s attempt to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| May 13 | Sandra Abramson | TBA |
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