Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Cuba and US policy speaking at The New School in 2003.

Former Vice President, Al Gore speaking at The New School in 2004.

Senator Ted Kennedy and Ted Sorensen on Electing the New President of the United States in 2005.

Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power – A discussion featuring award-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore (Here Comes Trouble), best-selling author and Nation columnist Naomi Klein (The Shock Doctrine), Nation National Affairs correspondent William Greider (Come Home, America), Colorlines Publisher Rinku Sen (The Accidental American), Occupy Wall Street Organizer Patrick Bruner and Richard Kim, executive editor, The Nation.com (moderator).

The Black Power Mixtape  – Danny Glover, Kathleen Cleaver, and Brian Jones discussing the new book: The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975. Moderated by School of Media Studies Assistant Professor, Michelle Materre.

Black Female Voices: Who is Listening - A public dialogue between bell hooks + Melissa Harris-Perry

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Graffiti and Glory

A Conversation about Music and Politics – Music has the power to move people's bodies, but does it have the power to move their bodies into action? Music and politics are often closely linked, whether artists consciously connect them or not. What role does music play in politics today? What political responsibility do artists have as public figures? Can music and politics stand on their own, or are they always connected?

The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King's Dream – Gary Younge, a columnist for The Guardian and the Nation and the author of The Speech; Jeanne Theoharis, Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College; and Mychal Denzel Smith, Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute as they revisit Dr. King's iconic presentation and explore the fascinating chronicle behind it and other events surrounding the March on Washington. They will also consider why "I Have a Dream" remains America's favorite speech, and how its meaning and promise has changed over the past five decades. 

(Excerpt) The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King's Dream

Capitalism: A Ghost Story - An Evening with Arundhati Roy and Siddhartha Deb

Aurora, Sandy Hook, Boston...Reflections on Contemporary America

Progressives and Election 2012 – The Nation at The New School – A conversation about the role of progressives in the next election. How do we balance support for the Democrats with the need to mobilize grassroots support for social and economic causes? How do we determine priorities for strained resources? What should we be seeking from a second term Obama administration?

The Nation at The New School - Jeremy Scahill on Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield

Branding Democracy: Barack Obama and the American Void – Simon Critchley, professor of philosophy at The New School for Social Research discusses the subject of democracy through the current presidential elections and focuses on one of the candidates. The lecture is entitled "Barack Obama and the American Void", and will examine Obama's subjectivity, the existential detachment that seems to haunt him, and its relation to democracy.  His research focuses on the history of philosophy, literature, ethics, and politics.

Jewish American Relationship with Israel at the Crossroads

The Power of Progressive Education: Can Creativity be Taught?

Can Art Affect Political Change? – Bringing together leading theorists of contemporary art and culture, curators and artists this lecture addresses the complex relationship between creative practice and political activism. The wave of Arab Spring revolutions and the growth of the global Occupy movements have ignited a reassessment of the intersection of art, economics and politics. Key presentations by Andrea Geyer, Marisa Jahn, Josh MacPhee, Mitch McEwen, Nicholas Mirzoeff, and Benjamin Young examine the shifting parameters of socially engaged art and theory within the context of these emerging political events.

Twilight of the Elites: A Conversation with Christopher Hayes and Katrina vanden Heuvel  – Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another—from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate America, even Major League baseball, implode under the weight of corruption and incompetence. In the wake of these failures, Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions. The social contract between ordinary citizens and elites lies in tatters. How did we get here? Joing in the conversation between Christopher Hayes and Nation magazine editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel about social distance, the new American elite, and ways we can bring about change.