Rethinking Patriotism: Forging a New Civic Identity
What does patriotism mean in today's America? Join Eric Liu, founder of Citizen University, for an evening of reflection and dialogue on the evolving meaning of patriotism and civic responsibility.

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What does patriotism mean in today's America? Join Eric Liu, founder of Citizen University, for an evening of reflection and dialogue on the evolving meaning of patriotism and civic responsibility.
In this conversation, author Don James McLaughlin explores how phobia — first tied to diseases like hydrophobia (rabies) — became a flexible suffix attached to various fears and social concerns, shaping political, medical, and aesthetic thought from the colonial period through the early 20th century.
Archives, the foundational resource for historical research, do not emerge from a vacuum. What materials are included in the archive, and why?
Jackson examines the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, beginning with the resistance of her own ancestors.