Author: Roberto Velasco-Alvarez
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The Lefts, Mexico, and Latin America: A Conversation with Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
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Biography: Mr. Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano is the son of late Mexican President and Mexican Revolutionary General, Lázaro Cárdenas del Río. He has been a Mexican Senator, Governor of the State of Michoacán, and the first democratically-elected Mayor of Mexico City. In 1988 he split with the PRI and launched the…
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Professor Martha C. Nussbaum: A Conversation on Emotion and Public Policy
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This interview is the last part of the Chicago Policy Review’s 20th Anniversary Series. Please visit us here to learn more about the series from our Executive Editors. When discussing social responses to crime, you mention that punishment implies a recognition of failure of our current mechanisms to prevent crime. Additionally, you…
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Patti Solis Doyle: A Latino Political Perspective
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Patti Solis Doyle, political strategist and former campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign, talks about Latino voters in the US and Chicago, and the 2016 presidential race.
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A Tale of Two Turnout Functions: Effects of Development on Voter Turnout across Countries
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New research finds evidence that development, compulsory voting laws, and decisiveness of elections have distinct effects in developed and developing countries.