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Feb 28, 2023

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Making Technology Emerge: Commercialized Military Power Since 1945 (Democracy and Emergent Technology)

2/16/2023: Panel discussion with MELISSA FLAGG (Perry World House Fellow) and REBECCA SLAYTON (Cornell), moderated by SUSAN LINDEE (University of Pennsylvania).

Feb 14, 2023

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Episode 4.8: Eyes on the Street 2.0: The Uses and Abuses of Urban Tech – Shannon Mattern

Jan 20, 2023

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Episode 4.7: Sovereign Are They Who Decide the Exception: The Power Elite and State Criminality – Aaron Good

Nov 3, 2022

The debaters arguing for the continued existence of sanctuary cities carried the day at the Penn Political Union on Wednesday, November 2, but only narrowly. Around 20 attendees listened to the arguments on both sides. According to PPU External Vice President Matteo Akbarpour, "The vote was very tight. It became a debate focused on political theory, with both sides giving convincing arguments related to the constitutionality of the issue."