91探花political scientist Mark Smith asks: How do we know what鈥檚 true?

November 19, 2018

91探花political scientist Mark Smith asks: How do we know what’s true?

People walking in a crowd, looking at their phones.

A timely new 91探花 political science class asks: How do we separate fact from fiction these days? How do we know what is true?

December 8, 2015

Culture wars, Christianity at heart of 91探花political scientist Mark Smith’s book ‘Secular Faith’

Mark A. Smith's "Secular Faith: How Culture Has Trumped Religion in American Politics" was published in September by University of Chicago Press.

Mark A. Smith is a 91探花 professor of political science and adjunct professor of comparative religion. He is the author of “Secular Faith: How Culture Has Trumped Religion in American Politics,” published in September by University of Chicago Press. He answered a few questions about his book for 91探花Today. What’s the concept behind this book? My book’s overarching theme is that Americans have much more in common politically than you’d expect from observing how the media covers…

April 14, 2014

When job security becomes insecurity: Inequality the topic of April 25 conference

Economic inequality will be the topic when activists, academics and policymakers meet the public for a conference presented by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies titled “Working Democracy: Labor and Politics in an Era of Inequality.”