Tag: Austin Hall

  • Nation & World

    Explaining ‘Capital’

    Acclaimed French economist Thomas Piketty discusses his landmark text, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” one year after its publication in English.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    On climate issues, look to states

    The head of California’s air pollution regulatory board said Feb. 27 that with climate change action stalled in Washington, D.C., the states are taking the lead in creating ways to reduce carbon emissions.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘Baby College’ and beyond

    Geoffrey Canada — author, educator, psychologist, motivator, poet, black belt, sometime comedian, and founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone — spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of about 300 in the packed Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall last week (March 12).

    6 minutes